Heating homes will cost more this winter as predictions of Arctic winter lead to possibility of major spike in oil prices

The prediction of Arctic weather this winter has led experts to warn about another major spike in home heating oil prices.

The fear is that vulnerable people like the elderly living on their own might freeze to death if they can't get their oil tanks filled because of the cost or because delivery lorries can't get through on snow-covered roads, or a combination of both.

Last winter the two million UK homes and businesses which rely on heating oil for cooking and central heating saw a doubling of the price in the space of a few weeks, from 40p per litre to 80p per litre.   More Read