{"id":331315,"date":"2026-04-01T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-can-you-avoid-the-april-price-rises\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:00:32","slug":"how-can-you-avoid-the-april-price-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-can-you-avoid-the-april-price-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you avoid the April price rises?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tk-foGecSPc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How can you avoid the April price rises?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tk-foGecSPc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Households are facing a host of increases in their bills as what is being dubbed yet another \u201cawful April\u201d takes effect.<\/p>\n<p>While energy bills are falling \u2013 for the time being at least \u2013 charities have warned that hikes to council tax, water, broadband and mobile phone costs are threatening to stretch many households to breaking point.<\/p>\n<p>A number of changes to household bills previously announced by the government come into effect on April 1. 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