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FOUND: People on 45 000 could struggle with bills says chancellor | Mind Blowing Facts

A protest against rising energy bills in London’s Canary Wharf.
A protest against rising energy bills in London’s Canary Wharf. Photograph: James Manning/PA

People earning around £45,000 a year, as well as those on benefits, could need government help to pay their energy bills this winter, the chancellor has said.

Great Britain’s energy industry regulator, Ofgem, on Friday confirmed an 80% rise in the consumer price cap from October that will take a typical household’s gas and electricity bill from £1,971 to £3,549 a year.

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