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Typical gas and electricity bills are forecast to fall slightly from January when a new energy price cap began.
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  1. Older man and woman sit at a table in a kitchen with paperwork and a laptop in front of them

  2. A stock image showing the bottom half of an elderly person sitting in a chair in their home with an electric fire in front of them.

  3. Daniel Thompson smiles at the camera. He is wearing glasses and a black hoodie. He is wearing a novelty Christmas tree hat. Blurred behind him is a warehouse full of furniture and appliances.

  4. A woman with long ginger hair tied back in a pony tail and wearing a long-sleeve grey top is collecting groceries and toiletries from a woman who is standing next to a table full of food and drink items.

  5. Rob Byass. A 69-year-old man with glasses wearing a blue turtle neck and red puffer gilet. He is standing in a barn. To his left is a shelf holding several donated clocks.

  6. A bald, middle-aged man wearing a black jumper while smiling at the camera. He is stood behind beer pumps behind a bar in a pub

  7. A woman wearing rolled-up blue jeans and white and purple knitted socks rests her feet on a white radiator.

  8. A woman wearing a black and white top, with dark brown hair, standing inside a community centre - behind her are tables and chairs, and a cupboard.

  9. Woman sits at a desk with paperwork and a laptop in front of her. A smartphone in her hand has a calculator on the screen.

  10. A woman with blonde hair in a black and white spotted top is packing a plastic crate full of food, behind her are shelves of food and a large window

  11. Chancellor Rachel Reeves standing in Downing Street with her Budget red box.

  12. Woman wearing a peach-coloured sleeveless jumpsuit looking down at her smartphone while leaning backwards against an electric SUV car, which has a yellow charging leading plugged into it. Behind is the front of a cottage-style house.

  13. An image of Lucy Burns at a cafe in Eastbourne. Lucy has shoulder length brown hair and is wearing a navy jumper. She is smiling widely.

  14. Mother carrying her young daughter while unloading groceries into their white electric car in a supermarket

  15. Father with 3 kids walking along the pavement, walking away from the camera. They are on a residential street in the UK

  16. A young woman in a cafe cutting a slice of cake with a neutral expression on her face

  17. A young woman with long reddish-brown hair and wearing a dark blue apron stands behind the counter in a brightly-lit cafe, next to an ornate chocolate cake. There is a large coffee machine on the back wall, with piles of empty take-away cups and several boxes of tea bags.

  18. Jar of coins with sticker saying "savings" in the foreground, with a hand, coins, calculator, pen, pencil and paperwork behind.

  19. Sir Sadiq Khan is standing behind a glass hot food counter in a school as though he is serving food. He is standing alongside two staff members. He is looking down and appears to be talking. A boy has his back the camera and faces the food counter as though waiting to be served.

  20. Carl, Maisey and Lianne Hutchins sat in the BBC Radio Solent studio.

  21. Man with beard and wearing a checked shirt outside front of Onslow Arms pub in Loxwood leaning on a bench

  22. A man holding a brown box. He is wearing a white polo shirt, yellow high-vis vest, glasses in the shape of Christmas trees and a red and white Santa hat. He is stood in front of a brick wall with a white sign on it

  23. Lianne Simpson is stood in the middle of the image. She has long orange hair and is wearing a pearl headband and a grey turtle neck jumper. Behind her are rows of bookcases.

  24. The Forest Exchange team are huddled together in a group picture and are smiling at the camera in a community hall. They are a mixture of men and women.