Households are struggling to pay bills of up to £6,000 a year due to rising energy costs.
Energy bills could be even higher than previously feared, reaching nearly £5,500 for years from spring, experts warn.
If gas prices do not fall in the coming months, the forecaster said the energy price cap could reach £4,650 in January and £5,456 by April. says that there is
Her Auxilione, an energy consultancy, warns that even if prices start to fall next summer, they could be thousands of pounds more expensive than they are now.
The next big increase in the energy bill is due in October, with regulator Ofgem revising its price caps and more than 80% of the country turning to gas and electricity. It affects how much you pay.
But many households say they are still struggling with high utility and living costs, even before the price cap is likely to rise in October.
Her 85-year-old Patricia Beckett, who lives in Merseyside, is grappling with high utility bills.
Patricia, a retired civil servant, has a pension income of around £1,000 a month.
But her utility bills have jumped from £146 a month to her £500, or about £6,000 a year, losing half her income.
Her Patricia's son said her mother "she was pretty stressed just thinking about it."
"When her mother emailed me, she couldn't believe it and she had to read it six times," he said.
"Half of her income is from gas and electricity only."
Another of her bill payers, struggling with rising utility bills, It is Joanne Hussey (46 years old) who is a store clerk.
"I work full time because I care for my adult son with autism.
"I have only £1,250 a month. I have £650 left to pay rent and city tax.
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Joan says his energy bill is 'already prohibitively high' because he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that causes breathing difficulties."
"At least she has to use a dehumidifier for 18 hours a day or she won't be able to breathe," she said. We cannot allow any further increase in energy prices.
"We will have no food or heating this winter. We will probably be either in debt or in arrears on rent.
These [energy] companies are making billions of dollars in profits.
``I don't know what's going on in the UK.
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Alan Davis)73-year-old Alan Davis is unable to pay his rent after a broken relationship. After that, we took a boat to deal with the rising bill.
He says moving to his own boat has reduced his monthly expenses to about £350. This goes towards using the energy and facilities of the marina where he lives.
Alan, a primary school principal, former engineer and union representative, earns a pension income of around £800 a month.
"So we couldn't afford to live in the house," he said. "But we used to live on boats as a family, so we thought we could afford it and have our own place."
But life on a boat Allan said rising energy costs are becoming increasingly unaffordable, even if the savings are .
Campaign Through his group 38 Degrees, he told The Mirror, Alan buys electricity from the marina and also uses bottled gas.
But the electricity bill is now £20 for him per unit and will rise to £39 for him in October.
Gas cylinder prices have also increased, rising from around £23 to around £56 for a 17kg bottle.
"I'm saving money, but I'm only thinking about living." He said, ``I was in despair. There is a belief that pensioners are truly wealthy, but I would say they are not.
"I know many people are on boats, but they have no choice." Not because that's where life has taken them, and sometimes that's all they have to spare."
Teaching Assistant Preti, 51, says Gus and He said his monthly electricity bill had increased from £75 to £310.
Preti was forced to cancel spending on other areas of her life to pay these bills, she said.
"We had to tap into the savings we had set aside for her daughter's college degree," she said.
``I think it's ridiculous. I'm trying to saveand use LED bulbs etc. But that's very expensive.What are you cutting?It's just food to cut." } Read More