More than one million families with children cannot
afford to heat and light their homes, official figures have disclosed. The
number of English families in fuel poverty has climbed steadily over the last
decade to reach 1,027,000. The total comprises 679,000 two-parent families and
348,000 single-parent households. Campaigners said they had been hit by a
combination of soaring energy costs and the squeeze on benefits. By contrast
many pensioner households have escaped fuel poverty because of the help older
people receive with energy bills and the protection of pension levels. Read
more on the Independent website.
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