NEW 🚨 Today @ofgem has snuck out the news that it plans to add a shocking £227m to households' energy bills to fund extra profits for energy companies. The team at @get_nous has been looking into what's going on🧵 (1/6) Ofgem revealed the details of its new price cap on Thursday, announcing that a typical bill will fall from £2,500 to £2,074. This was all packaged up as good news for households. BUT there was a nasty surprise in the small print.... (2/6)

Today the government is raising your tax rises by a significant amount – and they're doing it by stealth. Here's how: 🧵 Today (6 April) is the start of the new tax year. In normal circumstances, income tax and national insurance thresholds would increase in line with inflation. This year that would have meant a 10.1% rise (in line with September's CPI figure). (1/6)