Charter Calls For Scandal Of Fuel Poverty To End

A major coalition of anti-poverty, energy, environmental and health campaigning organisations are launching a charter of measures to eradicate the scandal of fuel poverty. The campaigners are calling for the UK Government and political parties to commit to making all fuel poor homes as energy efficient as a home built today. The coalition is warning that although the Government has taken some welcome steps, its target to end fuel poverty in England by 2016 will be impossible to meet under its current strategy. The organisations are highlighting that fuel poverty levels could in fact continue to rise to a record high. Expensive energy prices have led to extremely high fuel poverty levels. An estimated 6.6 million UK households are struggling to afford to heat and power their homes. Many are resorting to cutting back on heating or other essentials in order to make ends meet, which could put their health at risk. The coalition is calling on the Government to live up to its promise to end fuel poverty, by radically overhauling its fuel poverty strategy. Find details of the charter on the Consumer Focus website.