Vulnerable households to pay extra £429M in energy bills, reports finds
Vulnerable households across the UK are set to fork out an extra £400 million to UK energy firms after failing to gain assistance through an extended price cap, a new
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Tag: Fuel Poverty
Consultation pledges ‘bold and focussed’ action to reduce fuel poverty in Scotland
Scotland is taking a “bolder and more focused” approach to tackling fuel poverty, Housing Minister Kevin Stewart said. The Scottish Government missed its target to eradicate the problem by 2016,
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Open letter presses Scottish Government to ‘urgently scale up’ fight on poverty
Dozens of organisations have signed a letter calling on Scotland’s political leaders to “urgently scale up” action to tackle poverty. In the open letter to party leaders, 37 organisations said
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Holyrood’s opposition parties unite to demand tougher action on fuel poverty
Holyrood’s four opposition parties have united in a bid to force the Scottish Government to take tougher action on fuel poverty. Tory housing spokesman Graham Simpson, Labour’s Alex Rowley, who
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No end to ‘pensioner poverty’ as one in four older people struggling financially, report
Almost one in four people over the age of 65 are struggling financially, showing there is no end to “pensioner poverty”, a new report claims. Age UK said despite so
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Tory ‘attack on pensioners’ could lead to almost 4000 more deaths, McDonnell
Conservative plans to means-test the winter fuel allowance for pensioners could lead to almost 4,000 more deaths this winter, Labour has claimed. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the Tory programme
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Tories raid winter fuel payments and more will need to pay for home care
Wealthy pensioners will lose up to £300 in winter fuel payments and more elderly people could be forced to pay to be looked after in their own homes under Theresa
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Third of disabled people cut back on gas and electricity fearing costly bills
A third of disabled people have cut back on their energy consumption over the last year to afford their bills, a charity said. A survey of working-age disabled people found
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Half of people on emergency food supplies may go without heating this winter
Almost half of people referred to foodbanks are at risk of going cold as well as hungry this winter, a new study reveals. People on pre-payment meters are particularly at
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Fuel poverty will be here for decades to come, campaigners warn
The problem of fuel poverty will not be solved in the lifetime of a child born today on current rates of progress, campaigners have warned. National Energy Action (NEA) is
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