Fuel poverty

This ice sculpture makes a powerful point about pensioners after winter fuel payment cut
Winter fuel payment

This ice sculpture makes a powerful point about pensioners after winter fuel payment cut

Charity Independent Age has installed a frozen version of pensioner Rob Trewhella outside the Tate Modern to raise awareness of elderly people left in the cold this winter

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be ‘soul destroying’ for struggling families
Energy bills

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be ‘soul destroying’ for struggling families

Campaigners are calling on the government to do more to help people afford their energy bills, with targeted help for vulnerable households

Nearly a third of people feel too ’embarrassed’ to seek support for their energy bills in the UK
Jessica Taplin

Nearly a third of people feel too ’embarrassed’ to seek support for their energy bills in the UK

Jessica Taplin, chief executive of the British Gas Energy Trust, writes about why fuel poverty is a crisis that cannot be ignored

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?
Cost of living crisis

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?

How the Big Issue supports vendors through the winter
Behind the scenes

How the Big Issue supports vendors through the winter

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Every Scottish pensioner to get winter fuel payment. Will Labour follow and finally U-turn on cuts?
Winter fuel payment

Every Scottish pensioner to get winter fuel payment. Will Labour follow and finally U-turn on cuts?

Millions of Brits keep their homes at dangerously low temperatures – and it’s saving less than they think
Energy Bills

Millions of Brits keep their homes at dangerously low temperatures – and it’s saving less than they think

Children across the UK are living in ‘Dickensian conditions’ due to sky-high energy bills
Energy bills

Children across the UK are living in ‘Dickensian conditions’ due to sky-high energy bills

Fuel duty has been frozen since 2011. Labour must end this tax cut to help the UK’s poorest
Stephen Frost

Fuel duty has been frozen since 2011. Labour must end this tax cut to help the UK’s poorest

What is a warm bank? The places you can go to get warm this winter
Cost of living crisis

What is a warm bank? The places you can go to get warm this winter

Elderly people’s lives in danger without winter fuel payment, Labour warned: ‘This is a mistake’
Winter fuel payment

Elderly people’s lives in danger without winter fuel payment, Labour warned: ‘This is a mistake’

Millions of Brits unable to afford winter energy bills as price cap rises by £149: ‘Disastrous’
Energy bills

Millions of Brits unable to afford winter energy bills as price cap rises by £149: ‘Disastrous’

UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes
Energy bills

UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes

This website lets you see how much hidden financial support you’re eligible for
cost of living

This website lets you see how much hidden financial support you’re eligible for

Why we need Energy for All, a radical and permanent solution to the energy pricing crisis
Fuel Poverty

Why we need Energy for All, a radical and permanent solution to the energy pricing crisis

What happened to the government’s energy efficiency help for renters?
Housing

What happened to the government’s energy efficiency help for renters?

‘What is the government waiting for’? MPs call for ‘national war effort’ to reduce bills and emissions
Energy Crisis

‘What is the government waiting for’? MPs call for ‘national war effort’ to reduce bills and emissions

13 DIY tips to keep your energy bills low this winter
Energy bills

13 DIY tips to keep your energy bills low this winter

Will the government’s £18m public information campaign actually help people living in poverty?
Energy bills

Will the government’s £18m public information campaign actually help people living in poverty?

National protests to take place demanding government action on soaring energy bills
Cost of living crisis

National protests to take place demanding government action on soaring energy bills

Poorest households hit hardest as inflation reaches 41-year high
Cost of living crisis

Poorest households hit hardest as inflation reaches 41-year high

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Martin Lewis energy price cap calculator lets you see how much you’ll be paying in bills this winter
Energy bills

Martin Lewis energy price cap calculator lets you see how much you’ll be paying in bills this winter

Don’t Pay UK to stage protest outside Ofgem offices as energy price rise is confirmed
Energy Bils

Don’t Pay UK to stage protest outside Ofgem offices as energy price rise is confirmed

British Gas pledge to help customers is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’ say fuel poverty campaigners
Energy bills

British Gas pledge to help customers is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’ say fuel poverty campaigners

Revealed: The areas set to be hit hardest by soaring energy bills
Energy bills

Revealed: The areas set to be hit hardest by soaring energy bills