The Green Party has called for the big five energy suppliers to be brought into public ownership and for the price of energy to be returned to where it was in October last year to protect households from accelerating energy costs. The current energy price cap, which was set in April, currently sits at £1,971. Experts at Cornwall Insight predict a jump to £3,582 in October, which the price cap will next be reviewed - followed by an even more concerning rise to £4,266 in January.
More than half of households in the UK, or 15 million people, will have been pushed into fuel poverty by January 2023, according to research published this month. The Labour Party has this week demanded a freeze in the energy price cap, with Keir Starmer saying he would keep the cap at its current level until the end of March 2023.
Green Party co-leader and Bristol West MP candidate Carla Denyer said: “We are seeing nationwide anxiety about the prospect of unpayable energy bills this winter.
