Simon Francis, coordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said: “The damage from the latest oil and gas price crisis is already baked into price cap predictions. Millions of households in fuel poverty are going to be asked to find more money for energy on top of prices that are already unaffordable.
“Fossil fuel wholesale markets remain volatile, global events continue to dictate what we pay for energy and families already struggling with energy debt have no buffer left to absorb further rises.
“A smaller than planned increase is not relief. It is still an increase that will push more people into crisis and generate higher profits for the oil and gas industry.
“The Government must set out what help is going to be available for households both in the short and long term.”
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