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Keeping warm now costs workers more than travel
Household spending on housing, fuel and power has overtaken transport
Household spending on housing, fuel and power has overtaken transport for the first time, official figures showed yesterday.
Households spent an average of £68 a week last year on the category, which includes rent, fuel, electricity and maintenance but excludes mortgages, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
It sucked in the highest proportion of household spending - a rise driven by enormous gas and electric price rises.
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