Comment on Cornwall Insight energy price cap forecasts

“Extremely mild winter weather across Europe has caused temperature records to tumble, and with them gas prices.

“The Energy Price Guarantee is now predicted to cost the Government nothing in the second half of this year, so there may be a pot of cash available that could be spent on making our leaky homes cheaper to run in the long term.

“Helping people to put in loft and wall insulation now could help to shield households from future gas price volatility, which is a feature of gas markets, while lowering bills.”