Energy price rise: Rishi Sunak needs to do more, say experts

Cost of living crisis intensifies with average annual gas and electricity bill poised to double to 2,600

• From energy costs to TV bills: what has gone up in price today?

The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will have to do more to help struggling households with soaring energy bills, experts said on Friday, with the average annual gas and electricity bill poised to double inside a year to 2,600.

The average household dual fuel tariff jumped from 1,278 to 1,971 at midnight, as energy regulator raised the price cap by 54% on bills to reflect sky-high wholesale gas prices.