Government support for households facing rocketing energy bills is “much too low” to prevent a “catastrophic” crisis this winter, an energy boss has warned.
Echoing forecasts that more than half of British housheholds – equating to some 45 million people – will be trapped in fuel poverty by January, EDF director Philippe Commaret said the energy firm had already witnessed a 30 per cent rise in calls from customers struggling to pay their bills this year.
