'She just can't cope with this, she's going to be freezing or not eating,' caller Kyle said of his sister, who receives benefits and has two children. BenKentish
This caller tells Ben Kentish he is ready to house his sister's children as she already "can't afford her gas and electricity" and will be choosing between "freezing or not eating" otherwise.Yesterday Ofgem raised the price cap of gas and electricity, seeing it soar by 54 per cent to £1,971 for an average home from £1,277. Experts predict it will be around £2,700-a-year from October.
The huge jump in price sparked the founder of energy company Utilita, Bill Bullen, to urge households to cut their energy usage and behaviour by layering up and insulating their homes. "I think of my sister who's on benefits with two children, and she can't afford her gas and electricity as it is. And now with it going up like this, I just don't know how she's going to cope." Ben asked Kyle what his sister was going to do as the energy price cap rises.
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