Support services, including Ipswich Citizens Advice, across Suffolk have welcomed the government's energy price freeze but have warned difficult times remain.
so, little wonder there are calls for much more support than currently are on offer, especially as the industry experts who got today s number right have been saying that bills could hit over £5,000 injanuary and over £6,000 in april. back in ipswich, people at a local community centre were shocked and angry. it s actually made me feel ill, physically ill, to hear that figure. it s even higher, i think, than we were expecting. it s a nightmare, and most people can t afford it. i think of families. i m a pensionerand i ve got to struggle. it s almost an unimaginable| number, you know, the sort of price of bills that - we re going to be facing come january as well. have you contacted us before? at the local citizen s advice, many are seeking help for the first time. i asked the chief executive nicky willshere how she felt about the winter ahead. terrifying. i mean, i m really worried about families and households, whether they re single households or not. the cost of energy is unbearab
advice, many are seeking help for the first time. i asked the chief executive nicky willshere how she felt about the winter ahead. terrifying. i mean, i m really worried about families and households, whether they re single households or not. the cost of energy is unbearable now, without it going up. i don t know how households are going to manage, i can just see that demand on our services and other voluntary sector services are going to go through the roof. most people s heating isn t on yet, and there is every reason to postpone that moment as long as possible. simon jack, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: # hold me closer, tiny dancer.# what the critics are saying about britney spears comeback single with eltonjohn. he s the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king