A predicted £145-a-month hike to energy costs set to hit in October could see 14.5 million Brits unable to pay their energy bills, Citizens Advice has warned
The organisation say one in four UK adults will be unable to afford their bills - equivalent to 14.5 million people - is a massive jump from the five million who already say they cannot afford April's price increase of £60 a month, the charity, which included the Government's support measures in its calculations, said.
The latest research found that 83% of those polled did not think the Government's £200 energy rebate, anticipated to be paid into customers' accounts in October and paid back over the following five years, would make a significant difference to their ability to pay their energy bills.
Citizens Advice chief executive Clare Moriarty said: "These staggering findings must be a wake-up call to the Government. With one in four unable to afford their bills come October, measures announced so far simply don't meet the scale of the challenge."Parents shouldn't have to decide between giving their kids a hot bath or saving the money to buy them new school shoes.
"Increasing benefits in line with inflation, expanding the Warm Home Discount and announcing a more generous energy rebate should be top of his list."The findings come ahead of next week's Spring Statement, when the Chancellor has been urged to announce further support for families struggling to pay their bills.
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