The Government could have prevented millions of households from falling into fuel poverty with the introduction of an energy social tariff, according to leading charities and energy organisations. Britain has been saddled with rising energy bills in recent years amid the ongoing cost of living crisis which experts claim could have been avoided. Analysis from Age UK has revealed that the number of people living in less than adequate heating conditions could have been reduced by 65 per cent if the Government had launched a social tariff to help the UK’s most vulnerable people. Fuel poverty is th…
