Citizens Advice has warned -
● 'Record numbers seeking help from Citizens Advice for energy debt
7.8 million people borrowed to pay their energy bills in frst six months of 2023 1 in 4 people say their energy bill is the essential cost they’re most worried about
Disabled people, single parents and low-income families earning less than £29k per year to be hardest hit this winter'
They add-
● Citizens Advice predicts that by the end of this year it will have seen 26% more
people in need of help with energy debt compared to 2022. And the charity says the numbers seeking help for energy debt has more than doubled in four years. ' They add-
'Not only has the number of people in debt increased, but the value of the energy debt has also grown considerably. Ofgem recently estimated the total energy debt owed by consumers to be £2.25 billion. This trend is refected in Citizens Advice data which shows the average amount of energy debt owed by the people it helps is now around £1,711, a third higher than it was in 2019.'
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The government is offering - Free insulation for some-
'More than 300,000 homes in England, Scotland and Wales to get insulation installed, which could save families an average of £400 a year on their energy bills... Those eligible for support under the Great British Insulation Scheme include families in council tax bands A-D in England, A-E in Scotland and Wales, with an Energy Performance Certifcate (EPC) rating of D or below.' here's a online checker