Former prime minister says 2021 ‘worst time to be poor’ as he calls for support for struggling households
The former prime minister Gordon Brown has demanded fresh government financial support for households struggling to pay energy bills as he warned almost a million more households would be in fuel poverty this winter.
Poor households were being hit by a “double whammy” of energy price increases and benefit cuts, Brown said, and described the recent announcement of a new £500m hardship fund as a cynical ministerial ploy.
