Fuel poverty

Labour has vowed to end the scourge of cold, damp and mouldy rented homes with tough new laws saving tenants hundreds of pounds a year.Shadow Housing Secretary Angela Rayner told The Mirror that "time is up" for unscrupulous landlords if…

Dangerously chilly properties in Britain are inflicting an alarming variety of deaths every year in Britain, in response to main charities.New evaluation of official knowledge by Greenpeace UK reveals that for the reason that Conservative…

A selfless mum-of-five who delivered greater than 37,000 face masks through the top of Covid is now serving to warmth houses amid the price of residing disaster - even utilizing some materials left over from the pandemic.Syebvonne Nguyen,…

Petrol forecourts will likely be compelled to share their costs with comparability websites and apps to make it simpler for drivers to search out cheaper gasoline beneath Government plans. Fuel stations will likely be legally required to…

Plans to launch an vitality social tariff which might assist low revenue households with vitality prices have reportedly been "quietly shelved" by the Government. The Tory Government first pledged to think about vitality social tariffs -…

Nearly a 3rd of kids stay in households that may’t save at the very least £10 a month, damning analysis has proven. Some 4.2 million - or 29% of - youngsters are in households that haven't any spare money, with mother and father feeling…

Health bosses warned extra sufferers might be handled in corridors this winter as Jeremy Hunt did not announce extra cash for the NHS.The Chancellor refused to spell out the place the axe will fall because it was revealed Government…

Hundreds of thousands of children live in cold, damp or mouldy homes, research shows today. In the latest grim study to highlight the plight of youngsters in the cost-of-living crisis, the Citizens Advice study says 1.6 million kids in…

The boss of British Gas owner Centrica has been urged to give up a potential £1.6million bonus. Chief executive Chris O’Shea is expected to be in line for the windfall on the back of a soaring profits at the energy giant, is forecast to…

Charities yesterday called on the Chancellor to put off huge hikes in gas and electricity bills due on April 1. They warned that lifting the so-called energy price cap by 20% to £3,000 a year would be “a national act of harm”. It will…