Help IS on the way for households preparing for huge energy bills this winter, a Tory minister has insisted. The energy price cap will rise again - sending the average household bill rocketing to £3,549 from October - regulator Ofgem announced on Friday (August 26).
It means the yearly gas and electricity bill for the average household will rise from from £1,971. Energy bills will be around £2,300 more than a year earlier.
The news prompted an outcry. The announcement came amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis, with petrol and household item prices soaring and taxes and interest rates going up.
