New official statistics highlight fuel poverty crisis deepening – as half of British adults turn their heating off, even when it’s cold inside
Energy debt reaches a record £2.9.billion
6.5 million UK households will be in fuel poverty from January as new polling shows 2 million have gone without energy in the last three months
‘This increase will mean millions will struggle in cold and unsafe homes’ – fuel poverty charity reacts to Ofgem Price Cap
Standing charges response: ‘How can it be right that someone who can’t afford any energy pays a daily charge that is the same or more than someone in a mansion?’
National Energy Action responds to energy debt reaching its highest level ever
Over a million vulnerable households missed out on vital energy crisis support last winter
Nearly half of Gypsy and Traveller communities may not have received any Government energy crisis support
6.6 million UK households still in fuel poverty – despite today’s price cap change
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