Nearly 2m UK households behind on bill payments as Christmas approaches

Households are under pressure this winter, with average annual energy costs at about £2,500. Photograph: Getty/iStockphoto

As the cost of living crisis continues to ravage people’s incomes, it has emerged that almost 2m households have defaulted on at least one significant bill in the run-up to Christmas.

According to the latest findings from Which?’s consumer insight tracker, an estimated 1.9m households failed to make at least one mortgage, rent, loan, credit card or other bill payment over the last month.