Rising costs will hurl more than a million extra Brits into poverty - even WITH an energy bills freeze, a Tory-linked think tank has found.
The Legatum Institute warned the number of people in poverty will rise from 13.9million in 2019/20 to 15.2million in 2022/23 if energy bills stay at this summer’s levels.
If October’s price cap rise is allowed to go ahead, it will mean 16.65million people in poverty - “a once in a generation rise”.
