sky news can reveal that two and a half million households with children, will feel poverty when the new energy crisis cap comes into effect at the start of april. the family is deemed to be in fuel poverty, of more than 10% of its income is spent paying energy bills. since february of last, year the annual price of a standard energy tariff has increased by more than 800 pounds, to almost 2000 pounds. areas in the west in east midlands and lended are worst affected, some 40% of households in these parts of the country are likely to experience fuel poverty. in scotland more than 900,000 households are also expected to be fuel poor, under the new cap. with two thirds of that figure in extreme fuel poverty. so with this in, mind many will be lurking to the chancellor spring statement this wednesday, for any sign the government will be attempting to help. our political correspondent john craig has more. >> boris johnson is today stepping up his bid to reduce uk dependents, on imports of