Report: npower to announce rise in energy prices
Steve Hawkes, The Sun's Business Editor, has tweeted that energy provider npower is expected to follow British Gas and announce a hike in prices.
Here we go: Npower to up gas/elec bills this afternoon. And im hearing higher than 6pc..
From @steve_hawkes on Twitter:
Osborne: 'We have to do everything to keep bills down'
The Chancellor has urged energy companies to reconsider their price hikes, in an interview with ITV News.
Anger over British Gas and npower's hike in prices
Households across Britain could be plunged into a "long, cold winter" after two major energy suppliers increased their prices today.
Why has British Gas increased its energy prices?
British Gas has confirmed they are putting their energy prices up for this winter by an average of six percent.