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Half of Welsh adults are likely to ration their energy use this winter – as bills RISE again
Posted on 30th Sep 2024
A new survey by fuel poverty charity National Energy Action and YouGov finds half (51%) of adults in Wales say they are likely to ration their energy use this winter. 31% have found it difficult to pay for their energy over the last year.
Nation / Region:
Wales,
Content Type:
News
Almost half of adults are likely to ration their energy this winter – as bills RISE again
Posted on 30th Sep 2024
Tomorrow (1 October) the price cap rises 10%. A new survey by fuel poverty charity National Energy Action and YouGov finds almost half of adults in GB (46%) say they are likely to ration their energy use this winter.
Nation / Region:
UK,
Content Type:
News
Record energy debt is ‘hugely alarming’ says fuel poverty charity National Energy Action
Posted on 26th Sep 2024
Today Ofgem announces consumer energy debt has reached £3.69 billion, up £400 million from last quarter.
Nation / Region:
UK,
Content Type:
News
National Energy Action: ‘the Budget has done almost nothing to help fuel poor households’
Post on 06th Mar 2024
In response to today’s Budget, Chief Executive of National Energy Action (NEA), Adam Scorer, says fuel poor households have been forgotten.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:Media Press Releases
Despite energy bills falling, 6 million UK households to remain trapped in fuel poverty come April
Post on 23rd Feb 2024
Today (Friday 23 February), the GB energy regulator Ofgem has announced the new level of the energy price cap, for 1 April to 30 June.
Content Type:News
New official statistics highlight fuel poverty crisis deepening – as half of British adults turn their heating off, even when it’s cold inside
Post on 15th Feb 2024
Today the UK government reveals 3.17 million households in England are in fuel poverty – virtually unchanged from 2022. The figures show that the fuel poverty crisis is deepening.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:Media Press Releases
National Energy Action responds to Labour’s new warm homes plan: ‘People in the worst fuel poverty need urgent and sustained action on energy efficiency.’
Post on 08th Feb 2024
Today Labour announces a new warm homes plan.
Content Type:News Release
New report reveals 3 million households will still be trapped in fuel poverty by 2030
Post on 29th Jan 2024
A new report launched this week by National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS) warns the UK government will miss a legal requirement on fuel poverty in England by a staggering margin.
Content Type:News
Energy efficiency funding response: ‘the scale of this announcement is small’
Post on 18th Dec 2023
Today the government announced an allocation of £6bn of funding for energy efficiency and home upgrade funding.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News
Energy debt reaches a record £2.9.billion
Post on 15th Dec 2023
Today, Ofgem has announced energy debt has reached £2.9 billion and may look to recover this by raising the price cap and increasing Energy Bills.
Nation / Region:
Wales
Content Type:News
6.5 million UK households will be in fuel poverty from January as new polling shows 2 million have gone without energy in the last three months
Post on 29th Nov 2023
6.5 million UK households will be in fuel poverty from January as new polling shows 2 million have gone without energy in the last three months
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:News
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