One in five households are already in fuel poverty and that number could double in October when the energy price cap rises again
, said high gas and electricity prices could persist for at least another year and a half and urged the government to step in and help customers through what was a period of “unprecedented” hardship.Fuel poverty is defined as spending more than 10 per cent of disposable income on energy bills to maintain an adequate standard of warmth.
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