The cost of living has skyrocketed in the UK.

Unpaid electricity bills across the Channel have tripled over one year to reach 1.3 billion pounds, a record, according to the comparison site Uswitch.

This debt is expected to increase further as electricity rates are set to undergo further significant increases in the coming months, Uswitch said in a statement released on Wednesday.

The British energy price regulator Ofgem is due to announce on August 26 an increase in the energy price cap.

It is expected to rise from 1,971 pounds a year to 3,358 pounds a year for an average household in Britain, Uswitch estimates, due to soaring energy prices.

Analysts from the specialized firm Cornwall Insight expect further increases in this ceiling in October, January and April, which could then increase it to 4,427 pounds.

Inflation soon to 13%

"It's an alarming situation," says Justina Miltienyte, a Uswitch manager.

It calls on electricity companies to help households that are unable to pay their bills to "find a solution, in particular to offer more affordable payment schedules" and advises households in difficulty to call on the aid they may have. right.

In the midst of the campaign of Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, the two conservative candidates to succeed Boris Johnson in Downing Street, Justina Miltienyte also urges the government to increase its aid to vulnerable households.

Inflation could exceed 13% in October in the United Kingdom according to the Bank of England, a record since the end of 1980, after having already reached 9.4% in June over one year, largely fueled by soaring energy prices .

"Don't pay UK"

An anonymous campaign called 'Don't pay UK' has been launched with nearly 100,000 participants demanding energy bills be reduced to an 'affordable level' or face an electricity bill payment 'strike' from October 1 .

Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi and Energy, Industry and Enterprise Minister Kwasi Kwarteng are due to hold a crisis meeting with energy bosses on Thursday to ask them to find ways to cushion the rise energy price caps this winter.

The staggering half-year profits of energy giants like Shell, BP and Centrica, parent company of British Gas, recently shocked the United Kingdom, where millions of low-income households are threatened with having to choose between food and heating next winter.

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