As the new year dawns, many in the UK will still be looking anxiously at their energy bills and thinking twice about switching the heating on.
While Ofgem’s energy price cap has been frozen at £2,500 until April for average users and the market turmoil inspired by last year’s political chaos in Westminster appears to have been soothed – for now, at least – by the swift appointment of Rishi Sunak as Britain’s prime minister, for many this will remain a difficult winter.
