North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll has called for energy firms to be nationalised as it was revealed prices would surge to more than £3,500 for an average household this winter.
Ofgem confirmed this morning that the price cap would increase to £3,549 in October, meaning the yearly gas and electricity bill for the average household will rise by more than 80 per cent.
Mr Driscoll told ChronicleLive "enough was enough" as he urged his Labour colleagues to back a policy of nationalisation.
