Martin Lewis Gives Brits Advice As Energy Bills Are Set To Rise Again

Lewis paints a grim picture, describing the coming winter as a 'bleak' time when the 'cost of living crisis will climax in catastrophe'.

If you're paying £100 a month for your energy bills, by October that's expected to jump up to £165 a month, and that's off the back of an earlier rise in bills.

The energy price cap already jumped up by 54 percent, so this next rise means a household's average energy bills could more than double over the course of the year.

Sorry for being a bit of a downer, but the outlook for the future doesn't look particularly good as it's expected that the earliest prices might come down is April 2023, and even then only by a little bit.

The Money Saving Expert has worked out that if you switch to a fixed energy tariff your bills might be more costly now, but you could save money over the course of the year.

He's predicted that Brits will be paying 57 percent more overall for energy bills in the next 12 months, so a fixed tariff cheaper than that is worth looking into.

Meanwhile, he laid out what financial help is in the pipeline including 'cost of living' payments to lower income households, money for pensioners and council tax rebates of £150 for people in bands A to D.

Low income households should already have received the first cost of living payment totalling £326, with a second helping of cash on the way later in the autumn.

Struggling pensioners may also be in line for this payment, and the Money Saving Expert has suggested people look into whether they're eligible for some financial help.

Beyond that, he also gives out the advice that keeping energy usage down and being able to keep some extra money aside will help these hard times go a little easier, though he writes that this is a 'pipe dream for many' who are already struggling hugely.