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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

Ministers urged to help 500,000 families left out of energy price cap

Government must step in to help half a million families who have been left out of the energy price cap and are paying £1,000 more to heat their homes.

Heat networks, which pump hot water to multiple homes from a central boiler, are not covered by the government’s price cap.

Households are not able to opt out or switch to a different supplier - meaning that they have no choice but to pay these high prices.

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