All of the benefits, pensions and cost of living payments going out in March

[CharlieH]

This March, many in the UK will still be looking anxiously at their energy bills and thinking twice about switching the heating on.

Ofgem‘s energy price cap – the maximum amount average users can be charged – will drop by a massive 23 per cent £4,279 in January to £3,280 in April in response to falling wholesale gas prices. But campaigners warn that imminent changes to the government support measures, introduced last year to tackle soaring domestic energy costs, mean many could actually end up paying more.