Another vote for DIY, easy via the gov website unless you have any special circumstances, no need to pay >£500. Try the website, no cost unless you submit the applications (which have to have wet signatres)
Albion tourist, staying 30 mins walk from Goodison, ferry cross the Mersey, slave museum, cavern club, liver building 360, bowl of Scouse then 3 points please lads. UTA
In some ways increases to fuel costs is a good thing, causing people to reduce consumption and emissions. But there has to be a level at which a minimum level should be affordable. This could be a cap (low) on the cost of heating the equivalent of a 1 bed flat - some kind of social tariff...