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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Woodcock

‘Not out of the woods’: Liz Truss plan not enough to save poorest from fuel poverty this winter, say charities

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Liz Truss’s energy price freeze will not be enough to save as many as 2.2 million families from being forced into fuel poverty this winter, charities have warned.

A £2,500 limit on average domestic energy bills for the next two years will still leave costs almost double last winter’s level, delivering a “knockout blow” to many households, said the anti-poverty Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).

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