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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

‘It’s unsustainable’: homes in Great Britain brace for winter with soaring energy debts

Infrared scan of a facade of a residential building, to check the thermal insulation and energy efficiency of the facade insulation
An infrared scan of a facade of a residential building. A record number of British households are unable to pay their energy bills by direct debit. Photograph: fhm/Getty Images

Three and a half years after war plunged Europe into an energy supply crisis, millions of households in Great Britain are braced for another winter of painful gas and electricity bills.

On Wednesday, the quarterly cap on charges will increase again. Despite a fall in wholesale gas prices, the ceiling for a typical annual dual-fuel bill will rise by 2% to £1,755 to help cover the costs of energy policies and network upgrades.

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