Between 1 April and 30 June 2025, the energy price cap has been set at £1,849 per year for a typical household who use electricity and gas and pay by Direct Debit

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The jump in the energy bills in April will force more families to ration energy, warns National Energy Action, the fuel poverty charity.

It has released a new poll showing that 49% of adults in Britain expect to ration their energy in the coming months.

‘For the third time in a row the price cap is rising. Households already faced sky-high bills as a result of the energy crisis, and today’s announcement will add to the burden on the most vulnerable. We already see the impacts of sustained high bills – total energy debt is at record levels and rising, and people are rationing their heating to dangerous levels and going without essentials.

‘National Energy Action is calling for additional targeted energy bill support through a social tariff or an expanded Warm Home Discount; a help-to-repay scheme to support households out of debt; and for the government’s Warm Homes Plan to provide significant investment to insulate the coldest homes for the poorest households.’