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Winter is coming: Our hot tips to cut costs before the big chill, include don't fix energy rates, free flu jabs and more

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MSE Team
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2 November 2021

The nights are drawing in, the weather's turning and we've just seen the official end of British Summer Time. So this is our annual checklist to help you cut costs as the mercury drops, but it's even more important this year amid rocketing energy costs. 

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Our top tips below include £54 breakdown cover, cheap boiler cover, free cuppas and we answer whether you should keep heating on low all day? Here's how to keep the winter bill blues at bay...

This article was originally written by the MSE team for our weekly email on Wednesday 27 October. It has today (Tuesday 2 November) been updated by the MSE team.  

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