"The number of fuel-poor households helped by government-backed schemes is likely to more than halve over the next three years, despite fuel poverty levels having almost tripled in five years, " said Derek Lickorish, chairman of the FPAG.
But EDF's former chief operating officer, Derek Lickorish, now head of the government's Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, said it was not a fair comparison as French electricity was 80% nuclear while the UK still relied on fossil fuels.