Claim: Working from home will add more than £2,500 a year to the average household's energy costs.
Fact-check: Telegraph miscalculates the cost of working from home - Full Fact
Verdict: this figure comes from a flawed calculation, which assumes that the cost of energy used each month is as high as it is in january. the telegraph and other outlets have since published corrections. there are other questions about the underlying figures too, the details of which have not been published in full.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2022-09-02T00:00:00