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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Josie Clarke

Nearly 60,000 households needed help with energy bills in 2024 amid calls for Ofgem to protect customers

Citizens Advice helped almost 60,000 households struggling to resolve problems with their energy bills last year – the equivalent of one person every two working minutes.

The charity said the figure was an increase of almost 20 per cent on 2023 and double the number of 2020. Billing issues were the single most common type of issue that Citizens Advice consumer service advisers encountered, it said.

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