UNITE will mark the increase in the energy price cap tomorrow with protests across the country, including on the Isle of Arran.Energy regulator Ofgem’s £221 increase in the cap amounts to a 13 per cent hike and will see the average annual dual-fuel bill climb to £1,862, a staggering 79 per cent higher than at the onset of the energy crisis of 2020/21.This will heap more pressure on the 12.1 million UK households already languishing in fuel poverty, the union said.

UNITE will mark the increase in the energy price cap tomorrow with protests across the country, including on the Isle of Arran.

Energy regulator Ofgem’s £221 increase in the cap amounts to a 13 per cent hike and will see the average annual dual-fuel bill climb to £1,862, a staggering 79 per cent higher than at the onset of the energy crisis of 2020/21.

This will heap more pressure on the 12.1 million UK households already languishing in fuel poverty, the union said.

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