Four million Scots risk being plunged into fuel poverty by January if energy bills rise as expected, a shock report has found.
Three-quarters of all households in Scotland could struggle to make ends meet if the price cap is raised by the UK Government in October and January.
Fuel poverty is defined as any household spending more than 10 per cent of their income on energy after housing costs have been deducted.
Experts at the University of York found huge regional variations in how different parts of the UK will be impacted by the soaring cost of energy.
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