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Just a note of caution to customers who are considering going to BT in that if customers were unhappy with Virgin putting their prices up this year then BT l am afraid putting their prices up at twice the rate of inflation.

Around 10m BT customers are being told that phone and broadband bills are to rise by up to 6 per cent, in the latest blow to cash-strapped households.

BT is hiking its prices from January 5, with phone calls, line rental and broadband rising by up to 5.9 per cent - more than twice the rate of inflation, at 2.6 per cent.

The group, which recently agreed deals worth £890m to secure rights to screen Premier League football and Premiership rugby matches, revealed that people signing up to the group's cheapest television package Vision Essentials will see the monthly tariff increase from £4 to £5, a 25 per cent rise.

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