FAMILIES across Britain braced themselves for another assault on the wallet yesterday as energy firms prepared to end fixed-rate tariffs next month.

Customers of some of the country’s biggest providers, including British Gas and EDF, will be footing up to £136 more each year.

Those campaigning for a cap in prices and an end to winter deaths blamed a “rigged, confusing and inaccessible” energy market and the government’s lack of action.