Good morning.
We start the day with another dire warning about the looming energy crisis.
Philippe Commaret, EDF’s managing director for customers, warned Britain faces a “dramatic and catastrophic” energy crisis in the coming months.
He told BBC Radio 4 that half of UK households could be in energy poverty in January, and called on the Government to provide more support.
It comes after the latest predictions from Cornwall Insight showed energy bills are on track to top £5,300 per year in April – a sharp jump from the previous forecasts.
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2) Europe’s population to halve as surging house prices force couples to have fewer children Buying a home large enough to raise a family is increasingly out of reach
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