13million Britons will be pushed into debt by rising energy price cap, government has warned

One in four people in the UK will not be able to to pay their gas and electricity bills when the energy price cap rises in October, according to a new study. £3,600, double the number of people already in the red.

Charities have pleaded with the government to increase emergency payments as inflation hits a four-year high decades by 10.1% on Wednesday and added pressure on those struggling with bills and food prices.

Tory peer and Asda Chairman Stuart Rose has accused Boris Johnson of to be on 'shore leave' as Britain rushes into an inevitable recession - saying the departure The government had been 'very, very slow' in the face of the cost of living crisis.

Warning of a 'winter of desperation', Citizens Advice said the number of people in debt for their fuel bills could rise to one in three (34%) in January when prices are set to rise above the pound sterling. 4,200.

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The head of the association added: "Every day that passes without a plan is another day without comfort for people who desperately need it. We urgently need additional support or risk a winter of desperation for millions.

Cabinet Minister Kit Malthouse denied government inaction...