Why is the Energy Price Cap rising Again? August 27, 2024 Ukadmin Politics, UK News </p> <h2>Why is the energy price cap rising again? </h2> <p> Typical households now face a £149 increase on the average bill this winter after Britain’s energy regulator announced the energy price cap will increase by 10% in October.</p> <p>It puts increasing pressure on the government, after it announced plans to cut the winter fuel allowance for pensioners – a move that is set to see around 10 million people stripped of the allowance.</p> <p>Matthew Wright asks if it was ‘naive to assume a new Labour government would end the dilemma of heating and eating’.</p> <p>He is joined by Professor David Reiner, assistant director of the University of Cambridge’s energy policy research group and former government adviser, who says that looking at energy efficiency ‘would be a start to address the more fundamental problems’ causing the price hikes.</p> <p>Matthew Wright also speaks to Gary Caffell, Deputy Editor of MoneySavingExpert.com, who offers advice for people who will struggle this winter.<br /> Credit to : LBC</p> <p>
