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For the same period last year. all this comes against a backdrop of rising household fuel bills. and just when you thought the news on those couldn't get any worse, it does. the energy analysts cornwall insight have shared their latest forecast with this programme and they predict that our gas and electricity bills will be even higher than we thought. this is all about the energy price cap, which applies to households on a variable rate, which is most of us. in april last year, the cap increased pushing the annual bill for an average household on a variable rate from just over £1000 to £1138...

What are your thoughts on that? i mean, it'sjust frightening, really, because it's such a huge amount of money and you can't get around it. there's things that you can't change, you know, when it's winter, we have to put the heating on, we have to put the lights on. maybe we won't have the heating on as much, maybe we'll have to put extra jumpers on. but there's some things that you can't change and you can't stop. i still have to wash the clothes. so it's going to be a challenging winter, i think, for everybody. in april last year, the energy price cap increased, pushing the annual bill for a...

But the high profits sit uneasily as many, like mother—of—two ruth face the prospect of energy bills rising again this year. i mean, it isjust frightening, really. it's such a huge amount of money and you can't get round it. we have to put the heating on, we have put the lights on, maybe we won't have the heating on as much. maybe we will have to put extra jumpers on, but there are some things you can't change and you can't stop. i still have to wash the clothes. so it is going to be a challenging winter, i think, for everybody. in april last year, the energy price cap increased from just ...

I still have to wash the clothes. so it is going to be a challenging winter, i think, for everybody. in april last year, the energy price cap increased from just over £1000 to £1138. within a year, the price cap had risen to its current level of £1971. but energy analysts cornwall insight think it will go even higher — to more than £3358 this october, a rise of more than 70%. and these prices are expected to continue, potentially reaching as much as £3729 by this time next year. there are fears that as the prices rise, the situation could become more desperate for some families. the amo...

So we have to put the heating on, we have put the lights on, maybe we won't have the heating on as much. maybe we will have to put extra jumpers on, but there are some things you cannot change and you can't stop. i still have to wash the clothes. so, it is going to be a challenging winter, i think, for everybody. in april last year, the energy price cap increased from just in april last year, the energy price over £1,000 to £1,138. within a year, the price cap had risen to its current level of £1971. but energy analysts cornwall insight think it will go even higher, to more than £3358 this...