WORRIED Brits expect the brutal cost of living crisis to spark a crime wave, deaths and riots, a shock poll reveals.
Families fear rocketing bills will plunge the country into misery and unrest.
Some 70 per cent of the public expect many to refuse to pay energy bills, 80 per cent expect more shoplifting and 51 per cent think riots will take place.
And three in four expect people will die of the cold this winter, unable to afford heating.
More than half of those polled (51 per cent) say energy and oil firms are to blame for the hike in costs — a day after Shell and British Gas reported record profits.
Nearly nine in ten (88 per cent) are worried the cost of living will directly impact their everyday lives.
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Luke Tryl, UK director of More In Common, which commissioned the research, said: “This should be a wake-up call to our next Prime Minister — people want help now.”
This week, a Tory MP admitted his family is facing the struggle.
Alec Shelbrooke said: “What I’ve been seeing on the doorstep for the last six months is absolute fear in people’s eyes.
“They are terrified as to what is coming down the line — they don’t know how they’re going to pay it.
“I’m not sure how in my family we’re going to pay if it carries on going up this road.”
