Paying for essential services like mobile phones, broadband and telephone landlines has become a struggle for almost six million UK households.
That's according to a warning from leading consumer rights group Which? suggesting that the cost of living crisis is having a crippling impact on telecoms costs for families. This comes on the back of Ofcom data which highlighted that 5.7 million households either reduced spending on essentials, cancelled or changed the services they use, or missed payments in April.
Which? said the Government now needed to cut VAT on household telecoms bills to help those in need. According to the Ofcom data, the number of households that experienced multiple affordability issues – for example, who had struggled to afford more than one telecoms service or made more than one financial adjustment to afford their telecoms – increased by 56% from February to April.
