Lower wholesale gas prices should feed through into lower energy bills for households(Peter Byrne/PA)
(Picture: PA Archive)There were hopes that the scare over high gas prices could be easing with households about to flip their calendars over after an unseasonably warm October.
Wholesale natural gas prices were on course for a fall of over a third for the month, helping ease fears about the impact of energy prices on the cost-of-living crisis. The market cost for a unit of energy, called a therm, was down by over 7% for the day on Halloween at around £3.14.
