
Ajay Yadav, a London-based wheelchair user, at work in his IT support job
(Picture: Supplied by Scope charity)Disability charity Scope has seen a near-500 per cent rise in people needing help with soaring energy bills this year.
Scope referred 2,873 people this year through their Disability Energy Support (DES) service, over a six-month period. In 2021, only 493 people were referred by the charity.