More than half a million households in Scotland will be plunged into "extreme fuel poverty" tomorrow when the energy price cap rises at midnight.
Michael Matheson, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Net Zero, criticised the UK Government for not doing enough to support those most at risk from soaring fuel bills.
He told the Record: "The intervention is too little, too late. The price cap comes in at £2,500 and it will mean that in Scotland around 860,000 houses will be in fuel poverty. That's 35 per cent of all households in Scotland. And of that total, 600,000 of them will be in extreme fuel poverty.
