# Household energy prices set to remain high this winter as £221 rise takes effect

By Robert Palmer — 2026-06-30

Robert Palmer, deputy director at Uplift, said: “Hard-up Brits are already struggling and Andy Burnham is right to put tackling high energy bills high on his agenda as we all face a hike of over £200.

“While we continue to rely on oil and gas, our bills will be affected by global events like Trump’s war with Iran, which has caused most of this current price hike.

“The good news is that UK renewable energy is now protecting us by replacing lots of volatile gas in our power system.

“Unlike gas, electricity prices haven’t spiked – and we’re seeing more households wanting to switch to solar power, heat pumps and electric cars as a result. The government now needs to make it so everyone can benefit from homegrown, clean electricity.

“And while our current dependence on oil and gas is making us all poorer, it is making a handful of oil and gas companies extremely rich. Oil bosses are pushing for more North Sea drilling because they want to keep profiting at our expense. New fields, like the Rosebank oil field, will not take a penny off our bills – it just means more profit for companies like Shell.

“The next Prime Minister must put the interests of billpayers before those of billionaire fossil fuel companies and get us off oil and gas.”

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