FORGET April showers – next month Brits are set to be swamped by rising bills. Dubbed “Awful April”, many household bills are set to shoot up in the next few weeks. For some families al…
That's a rise of £31 a year on a typical bill.
This year, councils can raise bills by up to 5% and many are doing so, with prices rising on average by £75 a year.Use our checker tool to see how much your bill could rise where you are. Just check you get new barcoded stamps. The old ones without a barcode can only be used until the end of July. Prescriptions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are free for all, but in England only certain people don’t have to pay.Firstly, use the calculator atIf you don’t, you may be able to save by getting a prescription pre-payment certificate which you can buy from the NHS Business Services Authority.
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