Millions of Households Set for Fuel Poverty
Posted: September 8, 2008 Filed under: In the News Leave a comment »The National Housing Federation (NHF) has just announced that by the end of next year (2009) 5.7 million UK households will be spending at least 10% of their income on energy bills – a staggering increase of 100% since 2005.
The five million people who pay for their energy through prepayment schemes are charged higher tariffs. By 2010 they will be paying £65 more than people billed quarterly, according to the NHF.
Ruth Davison of the NHF said that a “full scale national energy crisis” was looming.