← Change log · What is coming

Every UK bill change with a date on it, in the order it hits you.

16 changes are already scheduled across 8 months. 9 of them have a published amount. The rest have a date and nothing else yet, and we say which is which rather than letting you assume. Nothing here is a forecast.

Why the difference matters

Almost every bill in this country changes on a date that was set long before anyone told you. The energy price cap moves on the first day of a quarter. Water, council tax, the TV licence, rail fares and NHS charges nearly all move on 1 April. Broadband contracts contain their own rise, written in on the day you signed.

What is usually missing is whether the number is actually known yet. A page saying the TV licence rises next April is true and useless if it implies somebody has announced by how much. Nobody has. Each entry below is marked either amount published, meaning the figure exists in a document we link to, or date only, meaning the date is fixed and the amount is not.

October 2026

1 October
in about a month

Energy

The October price cap takes effect at £1,723, and VAT on domestic electricity drops from 5% to 0% across Great Britain.

Amount published Source: Ofgem

1 October
in about a month

Energy

Warm Home Discount reopens for winter 2026/27 at £150.

Amount published Source: gov.uk

1 October
in about a month

Broadband and mobile

Openreach raises legacy copper and PSTN wholesale prices by a further 40%, roughly doubling 2025 rates cumulatively. Entry level part fibre packages get squeezed.

Amount published Source: Openreach

November 2026

2 November
in about 2 months

Rail fares

London bus and tram single rises 10p to £1.85 and the daily cap 30p to £5.55, ending the freeze that has held since March 2023.

Amount published Source: TfL

January 2027

1 January
in about 4 months

Energy

The January to March 2027 price cap takes effect. Ofgem has not published the announcement date.

Date only, amount not yet announced Source: Ofgem

31 January
in about 5 months

Broadband and mobile

The analogue phone network is fully retired. About 2.8 million lines still to migrate.

Amount published Source: Openreach

March 2027

1 March
in about 6 months

Rail fares

The England regulated fare freeze ends. No decision has been published on what replaces it, so nobody knows the 2027 figure yet.

Date only, amount not yet announced Source: DfT

31 March
in about 7 months

Energy

The zero rate of VAT on electricity ends and reverts to 5%. Worth about £45 a year, a built in April bill rise with nothing to do with wholesale prices.

Amount published Source: Ofgem

April 2027

1 April
in about 7 months

TV licence

TV licence rises with CPI under the 2022 settlement. The amount has not been announced.

Date only, amount not yet announced Source: gov.uk

1 April
in about 7 months

NHS charges

NHS dental charges are typically uplifted. Whether the prescription freeze continues into 2027/28 has not been announced.

Date only, amount not yet announced Source: DHSC

1 April
in about 7 months

Rent and housing

Local Housing Allowance freeze at January 2024 rates is due to end. Nothing has been announced about 2027/28.

Date only, amount not yet announced Source: legislation.gov.uk

1 April
in about 7 months

Broadband and mobile

Next annual round of mid contract rises, already written into contracts signed today.

Date only, amount not yet announced Source: Provider terms

1 April
in about 7 months

Water and wastewater

WaterSure reform takes effect. Income cap £25,745, eligibility extended to PIP, DLA and Attendance Allowance, automatic enrolment replaces application. About 53,000 more households.

Amount published Source: gov.uk

December 2027

31 December
in about a year

TV licence

The BBC Royal Charter expires. The Charter Review will consider how the BBC is funded but has proposed no replacement model.

Date only, amount not yet announced Source: DCMS

April 2028

1 April
in about 2 years

Council tax

Wales holds its first council tax revaluation under a new five yearly cycle. Scotland introduces Bands I and J for properties over £1m.

Amount published Source: Welsh and Scottish legislation

October 2030

1 October
in about 4 years

Rent and housing

Private rented properties must reach EPC C or hold a valid exemption.

Amount published Source: MHCLG

Where this comes from, and where it could be wrongSources and limits

Every entry names the body that set the date: Ofgem, DHSC, DfT, MHCLG, DCMS, Openreach, TfL, or the legislation itself. Where an amount is published we link the tracker page carrying it and its source.

What could be wrong. A scheduled date can be moved or cancelled by the body that set it, and government policy changes. An entry marked date only will stay that way until an amount is published, and we will not guess at it in the meantime. This list covers changes we have found; if you know of one missing, tell us and it goes in. [email protected].

30 price changes logged. Every one had a date you could have known in advance.

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