The Government has issued a response to calls for energy bills to to be reduced this winter.

The average household currently forks out on average £1,717 a year for a direct debit dual fuel account, under the Ofgem price cap.

This price cap increased 10 percent from the start of October, up from the previous £1,568 a year.

With heating bills set to rise as we go into the colder months of the year, Labour MP Mary Kelly Foy asked Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband, if he would “meet with Ofgem to…