MT Week - Social broadband and mobile phone tariffs - from £10 a month

A whole slew of broadband and phone providers put up their prices at the beginning of April as part of the big annual fee adjustment.

While it used to be the case that you could leave the contract early when they did this, many providers now stipulate that there will be a mid-contract rate increase linked to inflation - essentially when you signed up for the contract, you signed up for the rate increase too.

There is, however, one category of tariffs that remains affordable: social tariffs.

These were launched by the government at the end of 2022, and were specifically designed for those on certain types of benefits.

The rates are among the most affordable around and they don’t go up with inflation.

Here’s how it works.