uSwitch: 'Customers will fear turning on the heating'
Ann Robinson, director of consumer policy at uSwitch, said the price increase by British Gas would leave many households facing a winter where they are "scared to turn on heating for fear of the cost".
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.