UK: How to beat 60% rise in gas prices? Wear two jumpers, says energy boss

One of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers came under fire yesterday after one of its senior executives said consumers struggling with record-high gas prices should keep warm by putting on two jumpers.

Charities for the aged and consumer groups reacted angrily at the comments made by Jake Ulrich, the managing director of Centrica, which owns British Gas. Mr Ulrich made his comments after a report commissioned by his firm warned that household gas bills could rise by 66 per cent over the next two years. That could see some families receiving a
British Gas customers have already seen a 15 per cent rise in their gas bill this year, adding an average of