Households warned of broadband and phone hikes of up to 10%

Millions of families already feeling the pressure of rising energy and food price rises will have more misery heaped on them in the spring.

Mobile, broadband and phone bills are set to soar as much as 9.3 per cent this spring as the cost of living crisis continues.

BT, EE, Plusnet, Vodafone, O2, TalkTalk, Shell Energy are all raising their in contract prices, in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate of inflation, which recently hit 5.4 per cent.