Following
the recent elections in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales two charities have
published a joint report highlighting why progress to eradicate fuel poverty
across the UK has slowed despite statutory commitments and current policies.
The UK Fuel Poverty Monitor, produced annually by NEA and EAS, says huge
variations and changes to relevant national and UK wide affordable warmth
policies has inevitably hindered progress to eradicate fuel poverty and
challenges policy makers to respond to other key recommendations.
Monday, 9 May 2016
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Keeping Warm and Well in Winter - Highlighting the Help Available
When the weather is cold, it’s important for
us all to get the help that is available to keep us healthy by having a warm
home.
The national fuel poverty charity Energy
Action Scotland, with support from Scottish and Southern Energy Power
Distribution, has produced an information leaflet called Keeping Warm and Well in Winter.
The leaflets have been
distributed to all GP practices across Scotland with a request for them to be
displayed in their waiting rooms.
Monday, 1 February 2016
Figures Released on Cold Homes across the Country (by local authority)
The ability of people across Scotland to afford to heat
their homes adequately is clearly in doubt.
This is according to new figures released by the Scottish Government
that breaks down the information by local authority area.
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Energy Action Scotland Reaction to Gas Price Cuts
In the wake of announcements by E.ON and SSE that they
are reducing gas prices by around 5 per cent, the national fuel poverty charity
Energy Action Scotland has called for other companies to follow their example
in making cuts but have urged them to do so before the heating season ends.
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Cautious Reaction to New Fuel Poverty Figures for Scotland
The drop in fuel
poverty levels in Scotland is given a cautious welcome by the national charity
Energy Action Scotland. The figures for 2014 have been published (15 Dec) by
the Scottish Government.
Monday, 30 November 2015
Scottish Government Issued with a Final Demand to End Fuel Poverty
Today (30 November) the Scottish Government has been
issued with a ‘final demand’ to end fuel poverty by the national fuel poverty
charity Energy Action Scotland.
The letter sent to all MSPs as well as to Scottish
Ministers is a reminder that it is exactly one year until the statutory duty to
end fuel poverty must be met. The
Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 states that the Scottish Government has ‘to ensure,
so far as is reasonably practicable, that people are not living in fuel poverty
in Scotland by November 2016’.
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Minister for Housing and Welfare to Open National Conference on Tackling Fuel Poverty and Providing Affordable Warmth for All
Minister
for Housing and Welfare, Margaret Burgess MSP is expected to highlight the
Scottish Government’s action to ensure everyone in Scotland can afford to heat
their homes when she opens a national conference on fuel poverty today (Nov 12)
in Peebles, organised by the national charity Energy Action Scotland.
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