As millions of people worry about keeping up with their energy payments, arrears levels have continued to increase and many have been left with unaffordable debts as a result. What we need to see from the next Government is urgent action through a Help to Repay scheme to help people trapped in energy debt access a safe route out.
If you look at bad debt over the last 12 months, it's increased by over 50%. So it's gone from £2 billion to over £3 billion. We've seen an increase both in the numbers of people in debt but also a much bigger increase in the total amount of debt, suggesting those people are getting further and further into debt.
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