Claim: 40 million people in the UK live in fuel and food poverty.
Fact-check: Claims of '40 million in fuel and food poverty' are too high - Full Fact
Verdict: this number is too high. about 10 million people in the uk live in households reporting recent experience of food insecurity. some estimates suggest that about six million people may be fuel poor. many people may be in both groups.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2022-06-09T00:00:00