25% of the nation could face fuel poverty

Energy prices have been at the centre of heated controversy over the course of this year. At the start of the year the big energy firms in the UK cheerfully announced that because the price of wholesale energy had risen the cost of energy usage for customers would be going up, and just weeks later, true to their word, they increased energy usage costs quite significantly, leaving already struggling household to cope with more financial worry and strain. Read more

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