Sheffield Liberal Democrats were today exposed for trying to cut a Labour scheme to invest in tackling fuel poverty. As part of the Council's Housing Revenue Account Business Plan, Labour have outlined plans to prioritise investment in heating systems, which are important in tackling fuel poverty a problem faced by many tenants in the current climate of high energy prices and fuel bills. As a...

Alan Whitehead, Labour MP for Southampton Test, has pressed Chris Huhne to reverse his decision to allow energy companies to substantially reduce the help they offer to make our homes more energy efficient. The Tory Government is cancelling Labour's Warm Front and CERT levies on energy companies, which have helped thousands of people at risk of fuel poverty in Southampton and the south to get...

Sheffield City Council will be outlining its plan for investment in council housing and tenant services over the next five years as the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan is set to be approved at a Cabinet meeting next week. The report sets out the council's vision for housing in the coming years and the provision of services to create sustainable communities, with homes and neighbourhoods...

‘Mini Stern’ review for Leeds finds that a small stake of 1 per cent of GDP will boost jobs, reduce fuel poverty and cut greenhouse gases

Green growth, providing real jobs during a time of economic difficulty, that also tackles fuel poverty and increases the percentage of renewable energy in our energy mix, would seem like something the new Government would support.

Labour today highlighted the growing cost of living crisis afflicting millions of families, following a report by Save the Children showing that the Government's scheme for help with bills currently reaches just 3% of families at risk of fuel poverty.

In opposition Nick Clegg campaigned against fuel poverty (yes, he really did, for instance see here and here and here). The Mail (h/t GWPF) is highlighting that "More than five million households in England alone are living in fuel poverty as incomes stagnate and energy bills soar", explaining that "fuel poverty is where a family spends more than 10 per cent of its income on energy". Ministers are...

The proportion of homes in fuel poverty in England and Wales has risen from 18% to 24% in two years, estimates suggest.

Conservative MP Robert Halfon said some families face fuel poverty as they pay more than a tenth of their income on petrol for their vehicles.

With the royal income frozen, the rise in energy bills takes the monarch close to the government's threshold for the percentage spent on heating