Claim: Over 2.5 million people now officially live in energy poverty.
Fact-check: The government hasn't u-turned on energy price caps - Full Fact
Verdict: this is an underestimate: almost 3.7 million households may be living in some form of fuel poverty across the uk, although the data is not directly comparable due to differences in how it is measured.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tom Phillips
Date published: 2018-07-11T00:00:00