Britons are fearing further cost of living struggles following Ofgem's announcement of a third energy price cap increase since Labour took Goverment.

Confirming the increase today, Ofgem informed Britons that the cap will increase by 6.4 per cent on April 1, hiking the average household bills from £1,738 to £1,849 in England, Wales and Scotland.

Speaking to GB News, Manchester resident Mo Riaz told reporter Sophie Reaper he "doesn't know how he will cope" with the further increase in costs, as he is already struggling to maintain the costs of his energy bills.

Riaz told Sophie he is "turning into his dad" and having to "go around the house turning the lights off" in an attempt to cut the costs.

Riaz feared for surging energy bills as the price cap was hiked for the third time under Labour

Riaz explained: "I'm on low income and it's very hard to heat this house up. I've turned into my dad, basically, I'm going around shutting the doors, turning the lights off and stuff like that all day.

"Last year the government was helping us, this year we're getting no help."

Detailing how much his energy bills have already surged by, Riaz told GB News that he has seen a hike of more than £100 for his home, and fears how much they will rise by again as a result of the new cap.

Riaz revealed: "I'm on direct debits, paying for my gas, electric bills, both going to British Gas, and it's gone up from £110 a month to £267 a month.

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"And what you're saying now, it's going to be even more, I don't know how we're going to cope, to be frank."

Highlighting how his struggles are more profound with the scrapping of his Winter Fuel Allowance, Riaz admitted it is increasingly difficult how vigilant he now has to be to stay warm.

Riaz said: "We haven't had any fuel allowance this year, nothing at all this year. As you can see, when you look around the flat, we've got blankets and stuff like that to keep warm.

"We've got a kind of a space age blanket thing to stop the heat going out of this room, and it's really hard to heat this room up."

Riaz told GB News that he 'doesn't know how he's going to cope'

Reacting to the increase, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the news was "worrying" for families, but claimed that the Government's measures to help families with the Warm Home Discount will "help millions of families" across Britain.

Miliband said in a statement: "This is worrying news for many families.

"This Government is determined to do everything we can to protect people from the grip of fossil fuel markets.

"Expanding the Warm Home Discount can help protect millions of families from rising energy bills, offering support to consumers across the country.

"Alongside this, the way to deliver energy security and bring down bills for good is to deliver our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower- with homegrown clean power that we in Britain control."