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![New charity single ‘This Christmas’ released to support National Energy Action](https://www.nea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/FhR3f4tXkAAptlx.png)
New charity single ‘This Christmas’ released to support National Energy Action
Post on 21st Nov 2022
Songwriter Eliot Kennedy is going to donate proceeds from his new single, ‘This Christmas’, to National Energy Action, with former Take That star Gary Barlow supporting it.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News
![42% of vouchers for customers with older prepayment meters have yet to be redeemed](https://www.nea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cost-living-crisis-money-home-radiator-heater-rising-cost-energy-bills-scaled.jpg)
42% of vouchers for customers with older prepayment meters have yet to be redeemed
Post on 18th Nov 2022
New UK Government data released today highlights 42% of vouchers for customers with older prepayment meters have yet to be redeemed for one of the UK Government flagship schemes to tackle the energy crisis.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News
![Fuel Poverty charity National Energy Action – financial statement response](https://www.nea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Worried-family-2.png)
Fuel Poverty charity National Energy Action – financial statement response
Post on 18th Nov 2022
After today’s Autumn Statement by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, many vulnerable people are “now at acute risk of being left out in the cold,” according to fuel poverty charity National Energy Action.
Content Type:News
![Over half a million households no longer eligible for UK Government energy rebate](https://www.nea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Worried-couple-1.png)
Over half a million households no longer eligible for UK Government energy rebate
Post on 16th Nov 2022
The UK Government is changing the targeting of the Warm Home Discount scheme and National Energy Action is concerned that over 500,000 households across England and Wales who were previously able to receive an electricity rebate will now not be eligible.
Content Type:News
![Changes to the Energy Price Guarantee](https://www.nea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Palace-of-Westminster-scaled.jpg)
Changes to the Energy Price Guarantee
Post on 18th Oct 2022
On Monday 17 October 2022 the new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced that there will be key changes to the Energy Price Guarantee, which capped the unit cost making the average annual energy bill £2,500.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News
![Fuel poverty charity chief executive says, “There are questions that need to be answered, and answered quickly.”](https://www.nea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shutterstock_2327073767.jpg)
Fuel poverty charity chief executive says, “There are questions that need to be answered, and answered quickly.”
Post on 18th Oct 2022
In response to the announcement that the Energy Price Guarantee ends in April, National Energy Action chief executive Adam Scorer said: “In seeking the confidence of markets, the government has created huge uncertainty for households.”
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News
![As energy prices rise again, one quarter of parents have already cut back on the quantity of food to afford essentials](https://www.nea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/shopping-323.jpg?ver=1714731200)
As energy prices rise again, one quarter of parents have already cut back on the quantity of food to afford essentials
Post on 30th Sep 2022
Fuel Poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) and The Food Foundation have joined forces with a new survey and joint briefing to warn that energy price rises are harming children’s development this winter.
Nation / Region:
Wales
Content Type:News
![Fuel Poverty charity’s reaction to Liz Truss’s energy freeze announcement today](https://www.nea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/winter-fuel-payment-1110.png)
Fuel Poverty charity’s reaction to Liz Truss’s energy freeze announcement today
Post on 08th Sep 2022
Today the UK Government has confirmed unmanageable gas and electricity bills across Great Britain will be frozen at an average of £2,500 a year, over £500 higher on average than they are currently.
Content Type:News
![Over half of parents may resort to washing children’s school uniforms by hand, amid cost-of-living crisis](https://www.nea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Worried-family.png)
Over half of parents may resort to washing children’s school uniforms by hand, amid cost-of-living crisis
Post on 07th Sep 2022
New polling from YouGov and charity National Energy Action reveals that low-income parents will struggle to afford to wash their kids’ school unforms as new term nears.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News