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“Predictions of January’s price cap hitting £3,850 – nearly doubling in just 12 months – will be deeply distressing to every energy bill-payer.
“It is also well above the prediction of £2,800 that the Government based its original support package on.”
Despite praising recent support, the energy expert called on the candidates for Prime Minister to do more in light of this price cap revelation and recent comments made by MPs.
Earlier this week, a report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee urged the Government to reform its current energy bill support for those most in need.
She added: “The Energy Bill Support has been a welcome and necessary measure for this winter – but it needs to be reviewed, as the Select Committee recommended yesterday.
