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How much your appliances cost to run as bills soar - microwave, lamps and straighteners

Kwasi Kwarteng has unveiled his mini-Budget today as Brits battle the spiralling cost of living crisis, promising to help those in need ahead of a winter squeeze. He outlined the Government's plan to support homes with the cost of energy, including a freeze on domestic bills at £2,500 and the £400 rebate promised to households - as well as unit price limits for firms.

But people all over the country are already struggling, and with more than 80 per cent of UK homes on variable-rate energy deals many will be facing a bleak - or expensive - few months. Now, Experts at Uswitch have worked out how much household appliances cost to run room by room - and found some surprising results.

The cost of living crisis is gripping the nation (Stock image) (Getty Images)

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Price comparison firm Uswitch has looked at common household appliances room by room to work out which ones rack up your energy bills the most.

To do this, Uswitch worked out how much it would cost to run typical appliances for one hour, at average energy bill rates.

Uswitch only looked at appliances - meaning things like central heating and lights are not included.

The firm found that the kitchen costs the most, at £2.45 if you ran all appliances - perhaps unsurprisingly.

This is followed by the bathroom, at £2.16.

But then there is a steep drop when it comes to the living room, which costs just 5.9p, and the bedroom at 2p.

This is how your costs break down per room.

The kitchen came out as the most power hungry room in the house (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Kitchen - £2.45 per hour

Uswitch found that an electric or fan oven has an average power rating of 0.63 kilowatts per hour (Kwh) and so costs 17.9p if run for one hour.

A microwave has a rating of 1Kwh, and costs 28.3p if used for 60 minutes - though it will more likely used for shorter bursts.

A fridge costs 0.5p if run for an hour.

A washing machine costs 20.2p an hour in energy bills, and a dishwasher 22.4p.

But the most expensive appliance is the tumble dryer, which costs a whopping 70.9p if run for an hour.

This makes it the most expensive appliance in the average home.

Central heating can be very expensive (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Bathroom - £2.16 per hour

Almost all of the cost of running a bathroom is a power shower - if you exclude boiler costs.

These devices cost around £2.16 if run for 60 minutes, which is very possible in a large household.

An extractor fan uses so little energy (1.5 watts an hour) that it effectively costs nothing if run for one hour.

Some will have to choose between eating and heating this winter (Stock image) (Getty Images)

Living room - 5 .9p an hour

Uswitch said running the average television costs 2.7p an hour in energy bills.

A laptop would cost slightly more - 2.8p.

If you have a lamp on, that adds 0.4p.

You could turn things off to save money on your bills (Stock image) (Getty Images/Maskot)

Bedroom - 2p an hour

The bedroom is the cheapest room of the entire house when it comes to appliances.

The most expensive bedroom device to use are hair straighteners.

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But even these cost just 1.5p is used for an entire hour.

A lamp costs 0.4p if used for an hour, while the typical phone charger costs 0.1p.

Last week The Mirror reported that lowering the temperature on your boiler can cut yearly energy bills by £67.20 for every 10C cut - with one homeowner saving £151.20.

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