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How to fight the big FINANCIAL SQUEEZE

THEMONEYEDIT.COM’S KALPANA FITZPATRICK WILL SAVE YOU £££s

This month sees household budgets being squeezed harder as energy bills rise by around 27%, taking the average typical use to £2,500.

This is lower than the expected increase of 80% announced earlier this year after the new prime minister, Liz Truss, introduced the Energy Price Guarantee, which will freeze prices at this rate until 2024. But this is still a 27% increase on what you were paying before 1 October 2022.

Adding to this is high inflation and the growing costs of borrowing. So what can you do to help ease the pressure?

It may seem impossible,

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