A new survey by Nationwide Building Society suggests that nearly one in five (18%) households will try to hold off heating their homes until at least December to keep energy bills down.
More than three-quarters of people (78%) said they would layer up and wear warmer clothes rather than put on the heating and over a fifth (22%) said switching their heating on would only happen on rare occasions. More than nine in 10 (91%) people said they are trying to switch on the lights less often too.
Nationwide released the findings as it starts to offer cost of living financial health checks to struggling members, with appointments in branch, over the phone or by video call. Nationwide previously launched a freephone cost of living hotline in August which aims to answer calls within 10 minutes.
