Family vitality payments will soar by £21 from January in a contemporary blow for tens of millions of pensioners who face the lack of winter gas funds.
Ofgem’s announcement on Friday means the worth cap will rise from £1,717 a yr for a typical dual-fuel family paying by direct debit to £1,738 from January 1.
There had been hopes that the worth cap could be unchanged and even decline however predictions of a chilly winter are as an alternative pushing world fuel costs upwards.
Power Secretary Ed Miliband blamed the rise on the UK’s dependence on fossil fuels.
He mentioned: “So long as Britain stays uncovered to the rollercoaster of worldwide fossil gas markets, we can be weak to vitality value rises over which we’ve no management.
“The Authorities’s clear vitality mission is the one option to take again management of our vitality, with cheaper and safer energy, out of the grip of dictators like Putin.”