{
  "id": 3224475,
  "title": "Customer energy debt on course to hit £7bn this year ahead of price cap announcement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/customer-energy-debt-on-course-to-hit-7bn-this-year-ahead-of-price",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T06:55:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-16077667/Customer-energy-debt-course-hit-7bn-year-ahead-price-cap-announcement.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Customer energy debt is on course to surge to £7bn by the end of this year in the latest sign of the deepening squeeze on household finances.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}