Typical energy bill to rise by £21 a year in January

Energy bills for a emblematic household volition emergence by £21 a twelvemonth successful January, the vigor watchdog has announced.

It means idiosyncratic paying by nonstop debit and utilizing a emblematic magnitude of state and energy volition wage £1,738 a year, which remains precocious compared with pre-Covid norms.

Prices roseate successful October and with a akin level present confirmed for the remainder of the winter, charities are informing galore volition conflict to header with bills oregon take to spell without heating astatine the coldest clip of year.

The quarterly headdress by regulator Ofgem sets a bounds connected the outgo of each portion of energy, and affects 27 cardinal households successful England, Wales and Scotland.