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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon Read

HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 5 million families tip into fuel stress as energy price cap rises - Caught on Camera

A homeowner turns down the temperature of a central heating thermostat

(Picture: PA Wire)

The number of people in “fuel stress” doubled overnight to five million because of April’s energy cap rise, according to a living-standards think tank.

From today, the price cap on a typical household energy bill has climbed 54%, leaping £693 to £1,971 a year.

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