The UK’s leading personal alarm provider has issued an urgent warning to older people who may be considering turning off their personal alarm unit to save money in response to the rising cost of living. TakingCare Personal Alarms has raised concerns that people of State Pension age, who rely on a personal alarm, may be considering turning them off in a bid to save money on energy bills.
Prime Minister Liz Truss recently announced that the typical UK household will pay no more than £2,500 a year for energy for the next two years from October 1 as the UK Government responds to soaring gas and electricity prices. However, this amount isn't the maximum a household could pay for their energy bills - use more and you will pay more, but equally, use less and you will pay less.
Without intervention, the average household energy bill would have jumped 80 per cent from October 1, from £1,971 to £3,549 a year under Ofgem's latest price cap. Ms Truss also announced that a new Energy Price Guarantee will supersede the existing price cap until 2024.
