Half Of UK Households Will Be In Fuel Poverty By January

As many as half of British households may be facing fuel poverty because of the inexorable rise in energy prices, EDF, the French utility that also has business in the UK, has warned. "When you look at the figures more than half of UK households will be in fuel poverty in January, meaning they will have to spend more than 10% of their disposable income on their energy bill," Philippe Commaret, managing director of customers at EDF told a BBC TV program, as quoted by Energy Live news. The UK's energy market regulator Ofgem is set to announce…