Sunday 2 October 2022 12:27 AM Families face £100 weekly energy bill when they turn the heating on for longer ... trends now
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Families face landmark £100- a-week energy bills next month, with millions turning the heating on as prices soar by 27 per cent.
Yesterday's price cap rise from £1,971 to £2,500 means average weekly gas and electricity use will leap from the £75 a week it would have cost to £100 or more next month when boilers are on longer.
British Gas defines average energy use as two or three people in a three-bedroom house – but a family of four could pay £120 weekly.
The Government's £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme works out at a discount of £7 per week over a year, so many families' bills will still be £100 in cold weeks.
Families face landmark £100- a-week energy bills next month, with millions turning the heating on as prices soar by 27 per cent. File image
Some £2.8 billion will be spent weekly on energy bills across Britain's 28 million households as winter bites, close to
