Clocks in the UK go back by one hour at 2am on Sunday 26 October 2014.
‘The clocks going back one hour over winter adds £24 to a typical household’s annual energy bill, a study has claimed.
Sunday’s switch back to Greenwich Mean Time will mean it gets darker even earlier in the evenings, causing households to turn their lights on sooner.
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Over the course of the winter months this will add up to a typical household using an extra £23.88, according to analysis by B&Q – or a total increase of £630 million to the nation’s winter energy bills.’
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Niamh Harris
Writer at The People's Voice
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