Now 5.5 MILLION Households Face Choice Between Heating And Eating As Energy Bills Soar 'Soaring household energy costs have left a million more people having to choose between heating and eating, according to official figures. The statistics, released on Thursday, show that 3.5million households were in fuel poverty in 2006 - an increase of one million on 2005. But charities claim the number spending more than 10 per cent of their income on power bills is now much higher. They say that since 2006 it has increased by another two million to around 5.5million'
Friday, 3 October 2008
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