Rising prices at the supermarket add to other growing financial pressures on people’s budgets.
Many household bills increased from April, including energy and water bills, council tax, and broadband and mobile tariffs.
Some relief is on the way from next month, as energy bills will go down as the Ofgem price cap decreases.
A typical household currently pays on average £2,500 a year for energy, with consumers protected from the Ofgem-set market price of energy by the Government’s energy price guarantee.
But the Ofgem cap is decreasing from the start of July, with average bills to fall to £2,0764, meaning bills will fall by around £420 a year.
Alice Haine, personal finance analyst at Bestinvest, warned Britons still face high household bills despite the energy bills drop.
She said: “Remember, lower energy prices do not translate into lower household bills across the board.
“While the good news is that more households won’t have to shiver their way through the next winter, they may be forced to starve through the summer instead thanks to rocketing food prices.”
She also encouraged consumers to be careful about how they use their appliances even as bills come down.
The expert said: “Households who see the lower price cap as the green light to plug in all their appliances and whack the heating up in the winter when the colder temperatures draw in should tread carefully.
“The cap is not a limit on the bill a household can be charged, it is purely the maximum amount a household with a typical usage would pay if they were on the standard default tariff.
“Ultimately what households are charged depends on how much energy they use, so those consuming more energy than the average will pay higher bills and those using less will pay less.”
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