Electricity and gas prices - quite a difficult time for users of these products at the moment. The latest rise is just over 10% for NPower (I think it was them), so makes British Gas's 8.8% seem quite a good deal. We're told that only 16% of the price we pay is related to the power company, the rest being taxes, distribution etc., and the government advise us to seek out the best deal. As far as I can see, all we can do is seek out the best of a decidedly bad bunch - and when I put my figures into one of the many comparison sites, it advised me to switch, but when I checked the precise details (£ per unit + daily charge), it would have cost me more, so there's a flaw somewhere in the process - I think it's the way it calculates it over the year and because I pay fixed price per month throughout the year I'm never quite sure where I am with usage.
Anyway, I'm sure it's going to be on the political agenda for a while yet. I note that the SNP are even jumping on the 'we'll freeze prices for 20 months' bandwagon - I think they'll struggle to sell that one, although on the face of it it's quite an attractive proposition opposed to the 'we'll let market forces decide how much you pay'.
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