Every UK bill change with a date on it, in the order it hits you.
22 things are already dated across 9 months. Of the 16 price changes, 9 carry a published amount, 5 have a date but no figure announced yet, and 2 are expected without either being formally confirmed. The other 6 are dates to act by rather than things happening to you: qualifying weeks and deadlines where missing the day costs you the money. What you can claim →
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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.
September 2026
in 26 days
Winter Fuel Payment qualifying week runs to 27 September. Where you live and who you live with during this week decides whether you get £100, £200 or £300. In Scotland the same week decides the Pension Age Winter Heating Payment.
A date to act by Source: DWP and Social Security Scotland
October 2026
in about a month
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
in about a month
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
in about a month
in about a month
The Warm Home Discount reopens. £150 off the electricity bill, automatic in England and Wales, but Scottish households in the broader group have to apply to their supplier and funding is limited.
A date to act by Source: gov.uk
in about 2 months
Midday deadline to opt out of the Pension Age Winter Heating Payment in Scotland, for anyone who would rather not receive it than have HMRC recover it later.
A date to act by Source: Social Security Scotland
November 2026
in about 2 months
Cold Weather Payment season opens in Northern Ireland, running to 31 March 2027. £25 for each seven day spell at or below zero. The England and Wales season dates for this winter have not been published.
A date to act by Source: nidirect
in about 2 months
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
in about 4 months
The January to March 2027 price cap takes effect. Ofgem has not published the announcement date.
Date set, amount not yet announced Source: Ofgem
in about 5 months
The analogue phone network is fully retired. About 2.8 million lines still to migrate.
Amount published Source: Openreach
March 2027
in about 6 months
The England regulated fare freeze ends. No decision has been published on what replaces it, so nobody knows the 2027 figure yet.
Date set, amount not yet announced Source: DfT
in about 7 months
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
in about 7 months
Next annual round of mid contract rises, already written into contracts signed today.
Date set, amount not yet announced Source: Provider terms
in about 7 months
NHS dental charges are typically uplifted. Whether the prescription freeze continues into 2027/28 has not been announced.
Expected, not formally announced Source: DHSC
in about 7 months
Time restrictions come off disabled person bus passes in England, making them valid all day every day rather than from 9.30am on weekdays. Backed by £60 million.
A date to act by Source: DfT
in about 7 months
Local Housing Allowance freeze at January 2024 rates is due to end. Nothing has been announced about 2027/28.
Expected, not formally announced Source: legislation.gov.uk
in about 7 months
TV licence rises with CPI under the 2022 settlement. The amount has not been announced.
Date set, amount not yet announced Source: gov.uk
in about 7 months
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
in about 7 months
WaterSure reform takes effect in England during early 2027, widening eligibility to people on Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance or Personal Independence Payment with household income under £25,745, and capping single occupant bills at the average one person bill.
A date to act by Source: Defra
December 2027
in about a year
The BBC Royal Charter expires. The Charter Review will consider how the BBC is funded but has proposed no replacement model.
Date set, amount not yet announced Source: DCMS
April 2028
in about 2 years
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
in about 4 years
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].
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