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Electricity pylons and a substation in Manchester, England, October 10, 2022. /CFP
The proportion of British adults who find it difficult to afford their energy bills has risen to 45 percent while those who reported difficulty paying rent or mortgages increased to 30 percent, a report released Tuesday by UK's statistical office showed.
The latest report, published by the country's Office for National Statistics, was based on surveys on 13,305 adults. The data were collected between June and September.
The results were significantly higher than the last survey conducted in the March to June period, in which 40 percent and 26 percent of UK's adults who paid energy bills and rent or mortgages, respectively, reported facing difficulties.
This latest data comes amid the soaring 40-year-high inflation in the country, as the latest reading showed the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 10.1% in the 12 months to September 2022.
According to the institute's earlier bulletin released in mid-October, 93% of adults in the UK reported that their cost of living had increased compared with a year ago. In the meantime, 79% reported an increase in the cost of living from the last month.
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