A third of UK adults are currently in debt to their energy firm or worried about falling behind ahead of a 13% jump in the price cap from July, a survey suggests.
The figure rises to 45% of parents with a child under 18, and 35% of disabled people, the poll for the End Fuel Poverty Coalition found.
Among those in energy debt, the median amount owed to an energy supplier was £750.
The survey also found that 13% of those in debt or worried about missing payments owed money to “someone who makes them feel scared”, rising to 24% of those who are already in arrears.
Some 32% of those already in energy debt had tried to use less energy over the last 12 months by turning the heating off or taking shorter showers, while 25%…