Britain's domestic energy price cap is expected to inch up by 1% in January, with geopolitical tensions and weather disruptions keeping wholesale energy prices high, analysts at Cornwall Insight said on Monday.

That would be a £17 a year, or 1%, rise compared with a current typical annual bill of £1,717, with prices forecast to stay high for the rest of winter. Energy regulator Ofgem w

Here’s the details of Cornwall Insight’s forecasts for Britain’s energy price cap from January. This morning’s prediction of a small rise in energy bills in January will be “disappointing”, says Dr Craig Lowrey,

With unaffordable energy bills and far less support available nationally this winter, millions of people are already rationing their energy use to dangerous levels or getting d