UK to help households on energy price hike

Rishi Sunak
UK finance minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to take the "sting out of a significant price shock". -AP

Energy prices for millions of people in the United Kingdom will soar from April after the regulator hiked its price cap by 54 per cent, forcing the government to stump up nine billion pounds ($A17 billion) of fresh support for hard-hit households.

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