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Tracker data: Who is to blame for the high cost of energy bills?

09 November 2023

The public primarily blame the Russia-Ukraine war,  the UK government, and energy companies for high energy bills, with slight changes since Autumn 2022. More of the public blame energy companies in 2023 compared to 2022, and a steady decline in blame attributed to the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Opinion Insight 5th February 2026

Varied levels of support for individual net zero policies

Our tracker shows the enduring popularity of policies that also save on household bills (like installing insulation, or incentives to do so).

Although Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) get a bad rep, our tracker shows support outweighing opposition and support gently rising over the past three years.

One way to look at levels of policy support across the piece is that they’re really quite stable – but some are not stable in a good way. When it comes to sales of new gas boilers, and the phase out of sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles, opposition started to outpace support around 18 months ago, and this trend has (slowly) continued. 

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