The children charity’s latest report Priced Out, included a snapshot survey of 80 Barnardo’s services across the UK. Nearly three-quarters of respondents said families accessing their service had cut back on food to pay for energy bills, while 84 per cent said families were cutting back on heating and 60 per cent were reining in spending on clothes.
A further 94 per cent of respondents reported that high energy bills were impacting on their service users’ mental health and on their capacity to have money left over for essential items.
Barnardo’s chief executive Anne Marie Carrie said: "If we’re serious about tackling child poverty then we need to get serious about tackling fuel poverty, too. Families should never have to choose between whether to heat their homes or put food on the table for their children."
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