MORE than six million vulnerable households face being plunged into fuel poverty tomorrow as two vital government support schemes come to an end, campaigners have warned.

The energy price guarantee and energy bills support scheme, introduced after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year, are set to be withdrawn.

This will leave more than 20 million families without help as average annual electricity and gas costs hit £2,100 from July, according to National Energy Action.

Chief executive Adam Scorer said: “Many of the people we help are still struggling.

“As of tomorrow, two-thirds of households across the UK will no longer benefit from any assistance to offset the impacts of the energy crisis and [regulator] Ofgem’s price cap will offer limited protection to these households.”

People severely in debt, those on low incomes, disabled citizens, unpaid carers and other vulnerable people face a “bleak winter,” Mr Scorer warned.

“The Treasury cannot continue to subsidise everyone’s bills, but without more support, too many will continue to rack up unmanageable debts or try and survive in unheated homes, causing ill health, misery and avoidable death.”