The number of London households in fuel poverty is set to treble to almost 700,000 when energy bills rise this April, as the government comes under pressure to do more to tackle a growing cost of living crisis.
Research by think-tank the Resolution Foundation published on Monday found the number of families in the capital spending at least 10 per cent of their budgets on fuel - the definition of ‘fuel stress’ - will increase from seven per cent to 20 per cent.
