Ministers urged to intervene as households in line for another winter of squeezed budgets
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The energy price cap has fallen below £2,000 a year for the first time in 18 months but consumer groups have warned that households will feel little relief from high energy costs this winter.
The 29 million households in England, Wales and Scotland can expect to pay an average of £1,923 a year from October after the energy regulator dropped the price cap from £2,074 in the previous quarter.
