the resolution foundation — says the decision could mean more than six million households are spending at least 10% of their monthly budgets on energy bills. people who fall into that category used to be described as being in fuel poverty. the government changed the official definition in 2013, so it's now referrred to as fuel stress. whatever the term — the reality is more worry for people who've already seen their bills rise quite sharply this year. michael buchannan has been speaking to some of the people who are struggling. i weigh six stone at the moment. so i'm cold all the time. and because i'm a wheelchair user, and a lot of me doesn't move any more, my circulation is really very poor. anne vivian—smith has a neurodegenerative condition. she lives with her husband — a university manager — in a small, increasingly cold bungalow in nottinghamshire, and the rising cost of energy is harming her health. i have three thermal layers on almost all the time now. i was sat under four blankets last week.