Today's energy price cap rise looms over families who are forced to heat their homes less than they should. It is more than three years since energy prices started to rise, creating an unacceptable level of prolonged hardship for millions of families who are still paying well above what they were before the cost-of-living crisis started.
The cap, set each quarter by regulator Ofgem based on the wholesale price of energy, has just risen by 10% to 1,717 a year for an average dual-fuel household in Great Britain paying by direct debit.
Average energy bills across Great Britain have just risen by 149 a year today, as the latest energy price cap kicks in.
A chart showing the UK energy price cap ... it's still sharply higher than in autumn 2021, when average bills were capped at 1,277 a year.
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