A raft of price hikes coming in on April 1 means the average householder will have to pay more for things such as council tax, TV licences and dental bills.

Some 11 million households on poor value standard variable energy tariffs are facing a collective £1.3 billion bill increase after 23 suppliers raised their prices to meet Ofgem's latest price cap.

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Up to 3.6 million households with prepayment gas and electricity meters will also see the cap on their energy tariffs increased by the regulator by an average £106 per year.

Households will have to fork out on average an average £240 over the next 12 months to cover the increased costs.

The average household in England also faces a £78 hike in council tax from April, the second highest increase in the last decade, while they also face an £8 or 2% increase on water bills to £415 and a £4 increase for a TV licence to £154.50.

Three, EE, O2 and Vodafone are all raising their mobile contract prices and customers with Sky Entertainment, Sky Fibre Broadband and Sky Talk Anytime will see an increase of £2 a month for each service.

Prescription costs will go up by 20p from £8.80 to £9 (2.27%), while the NHS charge for a dental check-up will increase by £1.10 (5%) from £21.60 to £22.70.

First-class stamps have already risen in price from 67p to 70p and the price of a second-class stamp has also gone up by 3p to 61p. Posting a small parcel now costs 10p more, up from £3.45 to £3.55.

Air passenger duty on long-haul flights of over 2,000 miles is to increase by 10% or £16.

Martin Lane, managing editor of money.co.uk, behind the report, said: 'These price hikes may appear small and nothing to worry about in isolation, but add them all together and they could cost you £240 extra a year.

'You won't be able to avoid some of the increases, but you can certainly take control when it comes to managing the cost of your energy, phone and broadband.'