Energy bills are set to increase again in January, and after years of energy bills going up by more than 46% since 2021, many up and down the UK are looking to do whatever they can to finally cut their bills down a bit. The usual tricks of turning down the heating by a couple of degrees, switching to energy saving bulbs and turning lights off when not in use are all well known of course.

But many households simply don't realise how much all your gadgets are using in standby mode. Leaving appliances on standby could be way more costly than you realise, as new data now shows.

Research from electricity and gas supplier Utilita has revealed that the average UK household has 10 items left plugged in at any one time, despite them not even being in use.

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