#Meanwhile...
#Preston is in #BetterShape than #IT's #Neighbours over in #Blackpool... #FuelPoverty for #BothAreas is an #Issue and there will be #MorePeople and #MorePoverty, and #GreaterHealthInequalities in #TheFuture...
#IT's a #Prophecy... #LookAtTheEvidence
#Someone should #Probably let #Preston know...
#TryNot to #UpsetTheVolcano...
🧙⚕️🤖:wolfparty:🤖⚕️🧙 | :fediverse:🦹🌋🐻🌋🦹 :fediverse:
"Poorer #households could cut their #energybills by a quarter if #solarpanels were installed on their rooftops, a report has found.
However, the upfront costs mean that those who stand to benefit most from decreased energy bills are prevented from getting panels installed, according to the Resolution Foundation thinktank."
Solar panels could cut fuel-poor #UKfamilies’ energy bills by 24%, says study | #Solarpower | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/13/solar-panels-could-cut-energy-bills-by-quarter-fuel-poor-uk-families-study
Apart Together - Tim Minchin
https://youtu.be/jfNfkYvh214?si=7B3g783f9-qKbrZq #austerity #poverty #FuelPoverty #love #TimMinchin
One million families with children face fuel poverty this Christmas, analysis shows | The Independent
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
#Poverty
#FuelPoverty
#ChildPoverty
One million families with chil...
One million families with children face fuel poverty this Christmas, analysis shows | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home…
One million families with children face fuel poverty this Christmas, analysis shows | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/energy-bill-fuel-cost-children-b2669101.html
In the same way, Labour have bungled the issue of #fuelpoverty
The #WinterFuelAllowance was problematic, but shouldn't have been cut without a package of measures to address fuel poverty, such as insulating homes, supporting low cost heating and addressing the benefits crisis
I expect we will see a rise in deaths this winter as a result. Our hospitals are already warning they are seeing massive rises in flu which is caused by fuel poverty
“It was lonely on the hill, and cold. And all you could do was keep going. You could scream, cry, and stamp your feet, but apart from making you feel warmer, it wouldn’t do any good.”
Terry Pratchett; Wintersmith
#Discworld #IncreasingEnergyBills #FuelPoverty #KeepingWarm #KeepFighting 🥶
I know writing a letter to a newspaper won’t change a damn thing…I don’t even know who bothers to read the letters page when we have BTL commenting on most articles.
But I could think of no other medium to express myself in response to #Starmer’s words last week during #Cop29 that he will “not [be] telling people how to live their lives”.
#Retrofit
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#FuelPoverty
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/making-homes-greener-isnt-nanny-statism
Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2xdyexkdo
Policy Paper: https://commonweal.scot/policies/standing-charges/
What energy companies tell the public is "the new normal" in energy prices, they simultaneously tell their shareholders are "record profits".
This is not a coincidence.
🗓️ It's several weeks since Dennis sent the letter❗
🤷🏻 Has there been a response❓
🔎 Can the public see 👀 the letter❓
😂 Perhaps he should've sent an 📧 email, instead⁉️
#CllrDennisJones #Peterborough #PeterboroughCC #LabourParty #WinterFuelCutPboro #WinterFuelAllowance #FuelPoverty #MPs #RachelReevesMP #KeirStarmer #LabourParty #Pensioners #BlackHole #CostofLivingCrisis #WinterFuelPayments #HouseOfCommons #LabourGovernment
Simon Francis, a coordinator at the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said:
“The only way to bring down bills permanently is through investment in insulation, home improvements, renewables and infrastructure which will free us from volatile gas prices for ever. But in the budget, the chancellor only confirmed half the spending commitment Labour pledged in their manifesto to the warm homes plan.”
UK ‘risks repeat of surging energy bills’ amid continued reliance on gas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/15/uk-risks-repeat-of-surging-energy-bills-amid-continued-reliance-on-gas #UKcostoflivingcrisis #Energyefficiency #Renewableenergy #Consumeraffairs #Energyindustry #Householdbills #Familyfinances #Borrowing&debt #Energybills #Environment #Commodities #Fossilfuels #Fuelpoverty #Heatpumps #Business #Energy #UKnews #Money #Gas #Gas
Fuel poverty ‘shocker’ should power energy reform
Calum Macdonald asked if something was “just not clicking” between policy and legislation.
Using Viking Energy Windfarm as an example, Mr Macdonald said the windfarm could power up to half a million homes but its owner #SSE was given £2 million to switch off its turbines in August.
He added that fuel poverty in the isles was around 30 per cent.
https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2024/10/08/fuel-poverty-shocker-should-power-energy-reform
#Shetland #FuelPoverty #Electricity #WindFarms #turbines #Scotland
Wow, even Pam Ayres had to write a poem. Labour is doomed!
#Labour #FuelPoverty #ukpolitics
UK Government urged to reform energy markets and reverse cuts
#Scotland's social justice secretary has urged the UK Government to reverse the cut to the winter fuel payment, which she said has had “devastating consequences” north of the border.
Shirley-Anne Somerville said reform of the #UK #energy markets is needed and urged Westminster to take action to address the root causes of fuel poverty and volatile energy prices.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24600512.uk-government-urged-reform-energy-markets-reverse-cuts/
Yesterday (I think) I followed a link I was interested in (from I don't remember who) on here & it took me to the link below. The article makes good points. Goodness, does this news media's readers understand words such as kompromat (from the Russian компрома? We had to look it up!😂
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24585360.labour-mps-ditched-universalism-first-opportunity/
#Labour #AndrewTickell #TheNational #Scotland #LaboutMPs #pensioners #freezing #politics #RachelReeves #FuelPoverty #Starmer #hypothermia #dying #NHS #PensionCredit #winterfuelpayment
@MadeyeTheCarnaptious @Indyposterboy I just got notification of the rise in October of my electricity bill. I'm already officially in #fuelpoverty I'm surrounded by wind turbines. The irony of being the nation producing the energy and paying the most because we have to buy it back
Shame on Labour MPs that vote for this today 👇
I can’t even afford to charge my wheelchair. So how are people like me expected to afford the energy price rise? | Thirugnanam Sureshan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/28/cannot-afford-charge-wheelchair-energy-price-rise-disabled-people
