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Where we have to use it, we don't have any choice. for many families like the masters, worse is to come. energy prices for consumers are capped by the regulator 0fgem. but the cap is going up to reflect a big rise in the price suppliers have to pay for the energy they sell to us. from april, a typical household on a variable tariff will see their bill go up by £693 a year. those on pre—payment meters will see bills go up even further — to more than £2000. 0fgem says some 22 million households will pay more, though customers on fixed rate deals won't be affected for the moment. i know peo...

Rising energy bills means life is getting tougher. it's gone up again, hasn't it? yeah, to 250 — that's crazy, that. hussain has a full—time job, but they are struggling to make ends meet. we have looked into the local food bank. 0n the weekends, they have it open to the public where you pay a couple of pounds and fill your bags up. so we have had a look at that and we have started to kind of use that. it's...how can i say? it's not nice, that we had to kind of use that. but it's coming to a stage where we have to use it, we don't have any choice. for many families like the masters, worse ...

Tariff customers translates to £1971. so it is the level of increase that we were expecting. ofgem says it knows this rise will be extremely worrying for many people and they are saying that customers are struggling to pay their energy bills should contact their energy bills should contact their supplier to access the help available. so that energy price cap will increase from the 1st of april. 22 million customers in all, 4.5 million of them on prepayment metres. the increase will apply to all customers from the 1st of april. those on default tariff paying by direct debit will see that incre...

Now on bbc news, your questions answered. with me to answer your energy questions is kevin peachy, bbc personal finance correspondent. i�*m alsojoined by justina miltienyte, energy policy expert at uswitch. thank you to both of you. we have had a lot of questions, as you can imagine. we have had a question from chris saying, does the £693 price increase that we are talking about as applying as a rough estimate of how many people might be affected apply to gas and electric bills, or is it split across both bills. yes

Hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the average household's yearly energy bill in england, wales and scotland will increase by £693 in april. the chancellor has unveiled measures to soften the blow, including a £200 discount on bills. president biden says the head of islamic state has been targeted during a a raid by us special forces in syria. the bank of england has raised interest rates for the second time in three months to try to curb a rapid rise in the cost of living. the increase to 0.5% from 0.25% comes as inflation is on course to hit a 30—year high. the bbc understands that ...