Grayson Perry challenges electricity bill rise from £300 to £39,000 a month

Turner prize-winning artist joined on X by broadcaster Jon Sopel a fellow EDF customer, who complained of being asked for £18,000

One is a Turner prize-winning artist, the other is a well-known journalist and broadcaster but both have been brought together by a seemingly evergreen gripe – inordinate energy bills.

Grayson Perry, known for his ceramic vases and tapestries, revealed on X on Monday he had been stung with a £39,000 a month electricity bill – an astronomical leap from the previous charge of £300 a month.