Fuel Bank Foundation, which provides crisis support to households that can’t afford to top up their prepayment gas and/or electricity meter, said that without further financial support from the Government to help with energy bills and other household costs, homes on the brink of crisis will be pushed over the edge, with no financial safety net to catch them.
The warning comes as millions of low-income households across the UK are receiving their third and final £299 cost-of-living payment from the Department for Work and Pensions.