Families on low incomes face paying four-and-a-half times more for energy from next year - with the risk of children going hungry "very real", a charity warns today.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said that electricity and gas could soon become a luxury only the wealthy can afford as bills rocket - and said government action must be immediate.
Analysis by the charity found some adults could see their finances wiped out by bills that make up 120% of their income.
