Improving Energy Efficiency 'Best Way' To Solve Fuel Poverty

A drive to increase energy efficiency in UK homes is the best way to solve long-term fuel poverty. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) report said fuel poverty increased over the last five years despite Government targets to eradicate the problem by 2016. Current moves to tackle fuel poverty were "out of date", with a review of the strategy and the setting up of an independent fuel poverty commission required as part of a longer term solution, it said. The IPPR said the Government's Home Energy Management Strategy published last week did not go far enough to improve the energy efficiency of homes or give enough consideration to the issue of fuel poverty. Read more of this story on the 24dash website.