CHILDREN are set to suffer from rocketing energy bills, poverty campaigners have warned, as new figures released ahead of Wednesday’s Spring Statement reveal the devastating impact of the cost-of-living crisis on households. 

Damning new figures published today by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition predict that recent rises in energy bills will take the number of households with children in fuel poverty to over 2.5 million from April 1.

If this happens, the number of children in fuel poverty will have doubled since 2019.