Energy bills are set to increase by £94 for millions of households across the UK from January, it has been announced.
Energy regulator Ofgem has revealed its new price cap - which will come into effect on January 1 - and shows bills for the average household are set to increase.
Consumer choice brand Which? says it is highly concerning that millions of households will not be turning on their heating this year, due to the rise in energy bills.
Data from the company shows lower income households and families with children are the most likely to be left in the cold this winter.
We asked people in Manchester if they're concerned about the rise in energy bills and what that means for some people during the cold months.
Energy regulator Ofgem has revealed its new price cap - which will come into effect on January 1 - and shows bills for the average household are set to increase.
Consumer choice brand Which? says it is highly concerning that millions of households will not be turning on their heating this year, due to the rise in energy bills.
Data from the company shows lower income households and families with children are the most likely to be left in the cold this winter.
We asked people in Manchester if they're concerned about the rise in energy bills and what that means for some people during the cold months.
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00:00 "Certainly thinking about it a hell of a lot more than I used to do.
00:03 Yeah, along with the whole nation I'm sure. Yeah."
00:07 "Try to cut down a bit don't you?"
00:08 "You do, definitely."
00:09 "Try and put an extra jumper on instead of turning the heating on during the day."
00:13 "Absolutely, yeah, it's got to be done."
00:14 Energy bills are set to increase by £94 for millions of households across the UK
00:21 from January, it has been announced.
00:24 Energy regulator Ofgem has revealed its new price cap,
00:27 which will come into effect on 1 January, and shows bills for the average household
00:32 are set to increase. Consumer choice brand Witch says it is highly concerning that
00:37 millions of households will not be turning on their heating this year due to the rise in energy
00:42 bills. Data from the company shows lower income households and families with children are the
00:47 most likely to be left in the cold this winter. We asked people in Manchester if they're concerned
00:52 about the rise in energy bills and what that means for some people during the cold months.
00:57 "I've had to put the heating on and I'm dreading the bills, just dread it. Because the money I'm
01:02 saving up for now, I'm getting married, so I'm saving up for that so I can sit there in my
01:08 dressing gown, which I do many a time, buy thicker clothing, which I do. Nothing more I can do than
01:17 don't put it on and sometimes you've really got to put it on, but I'm saving up to get married so
01:24 I can't. From two and a half years ago, mine has more than doubled, more than doubled. I know I
01:34 get some help, a pensioner gets some help, without that I think I would have gone under with it,
01:41 but it's better than nothing. But you've still got to be very careful, whatever you do."
01:46 "Have you turned the heating on in your home yet?"
01:49 "We have, we have it for an hour in the morning and then in the evening it tends to warm up and
01:55 turns itself off, but we have recently been putting it on. I suppose we're fortunate because
02:02 when I retired I got a very good pension so we are quite fortunate financially,
02:08 because at the end of the day you can't be cold. I can imagine it must be very hard for lots of
02:16 people." "I think it's an essential and I'm lucky that I can afford to heat my home and I have got
02:21 a log burner, which I know now aren't so eco-friendly, but I'm lucky that I can afford it.
02:26 But I can appreciate if you can't afford it, it must be awful. It bothers me very much that elderly
02:31 people will be getting cold because if you're not moving around, sitting in one place, it must be
02:39 awful, terrible." "Have either of you turned on the heating in your home this year?" "Definitely, yes.
02:44 We're getting on, you know, immobile people and young children on low incomes,
02:54 very sympathetic towards them. I think they'll be making choices, won't they, between heating and
02:59 food?" "Yeah, definitely."