there s special help for older people. the winter fuel payment paid automatically to people born on or before the 5th 0ctober195a. the older you are, the more you get. there are also schemes energy companies offer to help lower income households make their homes more energy efficient by installing insulation or replacing an old boiler. this scheme has been going for over ten years and is funded by a £25 levy on every annual bill. there are separate schemes in scotland, wales and northern ireland. and local authorities have access to funds to help families in cases of extreme need. the government told us that the energy price cap is currently insulating millions of consumers across the uk from high global gas prices. we should remember the energy price cap is widely expected to go up in april, so people struggling with high bills and the bad news is they are likely to go up even more in