Pressure rises on Hunt as 2m more households fall into fuel poverty

Chancellor urged to ditch plans to cut support for energy bills when he delivers his budget for 2023

More than 2m households in England fell into fuel poverty last year, raising pressure on Jeremy Hunt to ditch a planned cut to energy bills support.

The number of households in England who spend more than 10% of their income, excluding housing costs, on energy has increased from 4.93m households in 2021 to 7.39m in 2022.