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but that was before an even bigger surge in international prices that could push up the energy cap by more than 30% in april. charities say that would put an extra 1.5 million households into fuel poverty. in recent days, gas prices paid internationally have notjust reached records but they re reached, frankly, incredible levels. for context, the latest consumer price cap, which rose 10% to £1,277 for a typical house, was based on ofgem observing this price at 65p per therm in the first half of the year. if the past week s prices persist, analysts forecast that, in april, the price cap could go up to an incredible £1,700 1,800. energy bills of this size landing on the nation s doormats in april at the exact same time that taxes are going up won tjust prove unaffordable for millions of ordinary households, it could prove unthinkable for a government that s prided itself on raising real wages

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