Get our daily coronavirus email newsletter with all the news you need to know direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailAround 11 million households face a near £100 energy price hike from April. Industry regulator Ofgem was slammed after yesterday announcing a jump in the limit suppliers can charge customers on standard tariffs. A similar cap for four million already hard-up households who have prepayment meters will leap by an average of £87 a year. Let us know in the comments below(Image: Getty)The hike includes a sum for suppliers to recoup losses for customers unable to pay bills during the coronavirus crisis. Energy UK, which represents suppliers, welcomed the increase.

Source: Daily Mirror February 05, 2021 19:18 UTC