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Britain is hurtling towards a “catastrophic winter” which could see half of households in fuel poverty, an energy boss has warned as gas prices remained close to all-time highs.
Philippe Commaret, managing director of customers at Big Six firm EDF, made the alarming prediction the day after investment bank Citi forecast that the price cap could sky-rocket to £4,567 in January, and inflation to a staggering 18.6 per cent.