The letter from a group of consumer organisations and charities to The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP to ask for urgent action to introduce a social tariff for energy – something that is desperately needed by millions of struggling households in the UK.

Targeted support is needed to protect the most vulnerable households in and on the edge of fuel poverty. These are people whose bills have become so unaffordable that they are having to make the desperate choice nobody should have to make – between heating and eating. The letter calls for government to publish the crucial consultation it committed to a year ago on future protection for energy consumers.