FUEL poverty campaigners have condemned plans to raise energy bills by almost £100 for 15 million households as customers are made to carry the rising costs of gas and electricity.

Regulator Ofgem said that its price cap for Britain’s 11 million households that are on their supplier’s default tariff could rise by £96 to £1,138 from April 1.

A further four million households with pre-payment meters could see their bills jump by £87 to £1,156.