Notes
Answers to the things people search for at eleven at night. Same rule as the books: every claim traced to a named primary UK source, printed with the date it was checked.
Water compensation in England rose on 2 July 2025, the first uplift in 25 years and up to tenfold. Low pressure, supply restoration, sewer flooding, missed appointments, and why Wales is different. Every figure sourced and dated.
The UK government names the items. Non-perishable food that needs no cooking, a tin opener, bottled water. Here is the list, how much water per person, and the one preserving method the Food Standards Agency says not to try at home.
The Priority Services Register is free, and it is not one national list. Each supplier and network operator keeps its own, so you join each separately. Who qualifies and what you get, sourced from Ofgem.
Ofgem's Guaranteed Standards set what you are owed after a power cut: £95 in normal weather, £85 on a different clock in severe weather, and a cap 5 times higher. Every figure sourced and dated.