Households cutting back on heating

Prices: Experts at www.hillarys. co.uk conducted a survey of more than 550 UK residents who either own or rent their own home to find out how they are trying to reduce their energy bills after the recent news of the upcoming hike in fuel prices.

Asked whether they were paying more attention to their energy usage since the announcement about energy prices rising, UK home owners and renters said they had (82 per cent).

One in three adults also said they were reducing the time they switched their heating on to keep their bills down.