The typical cost of a solar panel system is now £6,500
(Picture: Daniel Lynch)October’s energy cap increase will see the average household’s annual bills soar from £1,971 to £3,549. Expected though it was, Friday’s announcement outlining the rise hammered home just how grim a winter British households are facing.
How many of those now settled in homes in the countryside, having jumped at the chance to upsize during the stamp duty holiday, will be regretting swapping a small but warm city home for a draughty cottage?
