Although most government support has been scaled back, energy prices are still at record highs, Carla Subirana writes.
With unseasonably warm weather pushing the winter months back, and the government announcing a radical policy shift each week, a more immediate crisis seems to have slipped under the radar. Britain’s energy crisis is still alive and kicking, threatening to push millions of households into poverty later this year. Under the October energy price cap, bills will be 69% higher than in 2021. And the standing charge has risen, which will push prices up for lower-income families (as it is a fixed charge). National Energy Action warned that as many as 6.6 million households are fuel-poor as of September, up from 4.5 million in October 2021. However, although the government provided ample support last year, most of it has been scaled back.
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