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According to the new analysis, more than three million retired households contain fuel poverty. In the research conducted by York University, the total number of households spent more than 10% of the UK income for energy reached 12.1 million.
Elderly people are among the most difficult strokes with 3.2 million retired households in fuel poverty, while spending 20% of their income, including about 964,000 deep fuel poverty, heating their homes. The campaigns warned that the regulator ofgem announced the last limit on Wednesday that it would not get any more price increase.
Simon Francis, the latest fuel poverty Coalition Coordinator, said: “Fuel poverty is too much with us, and these figures emphasize how important the vital plans such as hot home reduction are to help those who compete every year.
“But now we are approaching the fifth winter of the energy bills crisis and the time to deal with the price limit has ended.
“The average household still pays 67% more than 2020/21 winter for their energies.
“Ofgem is the right to initiate a comprehensive examination of how energy system costs are allocated, but it will not solve the problem of replacement between standing fees and unit rates.
“We must also realize that the North Sea is now in the terminal decline and that England cannot meet long -term heating needs. This means that we need to plan to reduce our dependence on gas and reduce electricity costs.
“Failure to take action will rely more on gas imports, less energy safety and increasing energy bills.”
Tenants and people with children are the most difficult hit with OAPs.
Jonathan Bradshaw, a Professor of Social Policy and Social Service at York University, added: “Official statistics on fuel poverty do not show the full picture of the pain caused by high energy bills.
“Our research uses official figures on living standards with energy tariff data and statistical models to estimate the effect of energy costs as a whole and on different groups of people.
“Although the data shows a slight decrease in the number of households struggling with 2022/23, it is clear that fuel poverty is still with us.”
The latest energy price limit will come into force in October and cover until the end of December.
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“We help more than six million households by expanding 150 £ Hot home discount and working in a debt evacuation plan to reduce bills for each house.”
