UK families struggling to pay their energy bills ‘to hit 6,300,000’
UK families struggling to pay their energy bills ‘to hit 6,300,000’
Millions will find it hard to cope as more of their budget is swallowed up by essentials (Picture: Getty)
The number of families spending at least 10% of their budget on energy bills is set to triple in April when the government’s price cap rises, a think tank predicts.
The proportion in England under ‘fuel stress’ is expected to leap from 9% to 27% — equal to 6.3million households — the…