[Margaret Pilkington]

EDF put their gas prices up by 22% and electricity by 17% earlier this week........all the major companies will go similar routes....there is no real competition these days......and it is time that the price of gas was divorced from the price of oil.

There will no doubt be genuine fuel poverty this coming winter and not just for pensioners....there will be working low paid families who will just be above the level where they would qualify for help.....and remember these prices will have a knock on effect on the food that is produced....staples like Bread are bound to go up.