gemma godfrey, thanks so much forjoining _ customers. to cut bills by almost a third. senior ministers have already held talks about a £100 billion proposal to freeze prices for two years. a new domestic energy price cap for england, scotland and wales will be announced tomorrow. i'm joined now by the owner of the west street laundry in east grinstead, val burrows, whose business is heavily dependent on energy. ican imagine i can imagine the amount of energy you must spend every day with those machines running. how are costs for you? it machines running. how are costs for ou? , ., ., ., machines running. how are costs for ou? , ., �* you? it is not good. between the gas and the electric, _ you? it is not good. between the gas and the electric, the _ you? it is not good. between the gas and the electric, the average - you? it is not good. between the gas and the electric, the average has - and the electric, the average has gone up 173% between the two of them. we are reliant on both of those and water to supply the service to the communit

let's talk to the personal finance expert gemma godfrey. thank you forjoining us.rate rise? well, families are already struggling and they are fighting a war on all fronts. so, it is of deep concern but now not only are people going to be struggling to feed their families, keep their homes warm and alsojust get to families, keep their homes warm and also just get to work, but also the cost of borrowing is going to soar because what tends to happen is banks will pass on higher borrowing costs more quickly than they will do anything on savings. the reason the bank of england is going to be increasing interest rates is to try and tackle inflation but that's going to take time. in the meantime, people are going to still be struggling with high costs at a time when borrowing is also going to be a lot more costly. 50. when borrowing is also going to be a lot more costly.— lot more costly. so, in terms of mortgages. _ lot more costly. so, in terms of mortgages. a — lot more costly. so, in terms of mortgages. a lot _ lot more costly. so, in terms of mortgages, a lot of _ l