Millions of UK mobile and broadband users face 14% bill rises from April

Broadband and mobile suppliers have to give customers 30 days’ notice of price increases. Photograph: mihailomilovanovic/Getty Images

As if household budgets were not already under enough pressure, millions of broadband and mobile phone customers look set to face rises of more than 14% in their monthly bills from April.

BT, TalkTalk, Three and Vodafone are among the big telecoms suppliers that are contractually allowed to increase their bills in line with the previous year’s inflation rate, as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI) in December – plus a further 3%-3.9% on top.