
As the weather begins to get chillier and the long nights draw in, many in the UK will be looking anxiously at their energy bills and thinking twice about switching the heating on.
While Ofgem’s energy price cap has been frozen at £2,500 until April and the market turmoil inspired by the autumn’s political chaos in Westminster appears to have been soothed – for now, at least – by the swift appointment of Rishi Sunak as Britain’s new prime minister, for many this will remain a difficult winter.