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Barrage of bill hikes sees the cost-of-living crisis bite
Government must take action, union warns: ‘We can’t go on with billionaires getting ever richer whilst working people suffer’
Protesters on Whitehall in London, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her spring statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday March 26, 2025

CASH-STRAPPED Britons will be squeezed for an extra £66 every month from April as a barrage of bill hikes sees the cost-of-living crisis bite.

Millions of hard-up households, already paying what MPs said were “world-beatingly” high bills, will be forced to shell out even more for essentials from Tuesday. 

GMB union urged ministers to take bold steps to help working people facing across-the-board price rises for energy, water, council tax, internet, road tax and the TV licence.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said: “Our mission for clean power is the only way to protect UK billpayers from future price shocks.

“We will bring down bills for good by moving towards a clean, homegrown power system that we control.”

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