A furious homeowner blasted British Gas over its "preposterous" £5,000-a-year energy estimate and vowed to battle the eye-watering bill.
Richard White saw his monthly direct debit increase by 115 per cent after it rocketed to £429.41 on August 1, he told KentLive.
Gas prices again spiked again on Monday with one leading consultancy warning that many could be looking at an annual energy bill of almost £5,500 from April.
