🚨 Latest JRF energy bills analysis 🚨🧵
❌ New measures won’t protect the poorest families from the new energy price cap
1⃣6⃣ Families on low incomes will spend on average 16% of their incomes after housing costs on energy bills. This compares to 5% for middle-income families
❌ New measures won’t protect the poorest families from the new energy price cap
1⃣6⃣ Families on low incomes will spend on average 16% of their incomes after housing costs on energy bills. This compares to 5% for middle-income families
4⃣3⃣ Single adult households on low incomes will spend a shocking 43% on average of their income after housing costs on energy bills
2⃣2⃣ Lone parent families on low incomes will spend 22% on average of their income after housing costs on energy bills
2⃣2⃣ Lone parent families on low incomes will spend 22% on average of their income after housing costs on energy bills
💷⬆️ Some families on low incomes will face annual bills as high as £2,326 from April
❌For low-income families with children, the measures will mitigate just 36% of the increase in their bills on average. This compares to 59% for low-income single-adult households
❌For low-income families with children, the measures will mitigate just 36% of the increase in their bills on average. This compares to 59% for low-income single-adult households
➡️ Around three-quarters of people eligible for the council tax discount announced today are not in poverty
Read the analysis in full, here 👇
jrf.org.uk/press/new-meas…
Read the analysis in full, here 👇
jrf.org.uk/press/new-meas…
And read our response to the measures announced today on energy costs and the cost of living, here 👇
https://twitter.com/jrf_uk/status/1489217642409959426?s=20&t=ihRNgChlbX7CmfKRzUN8fg
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