MORE than 60 charities have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to demand more support for the seven million households now in fuel poverty.

It’s backed by a new Omnisis poll for the Fuel Poverty Coalition that reveals that more than three-quarters of the public want to see more action by the government on the energy crisis.

With the government’s current support schemes, 58 per cent of the population believe they will struggle to pay their bills this winter, and 83 per cent are worried about bills going up further when the schemes end in April.