Press Association: Almost a quarter of the population will be in fuel poverty by next year and those on low incomes will be especially badly hit, new figures have showed. A report published by the National Housing Federation shows that by the end of 2009 5.7 million UK households will be spending at least 10% of their annual income on energy bills – an increase of 100% since 2005. The research, entitled Energy Prices and Debt, written by IPA Energy and Water Economics, says around 5.7 million …