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Over £3 billion energy debt wipes out price cap drop for millions of customers

Posted on 30th Mar 2024
Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action says that despite the price cap falling £238 a year for typical households from April, 2.3 million households are on average paying more than at the height of the crisis because of energy debt.
Nation / Region: UK,
Content Type: News
Tags: Fuel Poverty, News

Warm Homes, Healthy Futures

Posted on 19th Mar 2024
National Energy Action has launched Warm Homes, Healthy Futures, our GB-wide fuel poverty and health programme. Announced at our reception in London in March 2024.
Nation / Region: Wales, UK, Scotland,
Content Type: News
Tags: News

National Energy Action: ‘the Budget has done almost nothing to help fuel poor households’

Posted 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: News
Tags: Fuel Poverty
Over a million vulnerable households missed out on vital energy crisis support last winter
Over a million vulnerable households missed out on vital energy crisis support last winter
Post on 06th Sep 2023
Today, the chief executive of fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) told MPs that over a million vulnerable households missed out on vital energy crisis support last winter.
Nation / Region: UK
Content Type:News
Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty, Energy Costs, Policy
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Committee on Fuel Poverty’s annual report – National Energy Action’s response
Committee on Fuel Poverty’s annual report – National Energy Action’s response
Post on 26th Jun 2023
Commenting on the publication of the Committee on Fuel Poverty’s annual report Adam Scorer, Chief Executive of National Energy Action, says: ‘The UK has some of the least efficient homes in Europe.’
Nation / Region: UK
Content Type:News
Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty, Energy Costs
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Major fuel poverty project cuts households’ energy costs by over £900 a year 
Major fuel poverty project cuts households’ energy costs by over £900 a year 
Post on 21st Jun 2023
New research from Newcastle University on one of Great Britain’s largest fuel poverty projects finds that on average households saw their annual energy running costs drop from £2,011 to £1,089.
Content Type:News
Energy Efficiency, Energy Costs
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New data shows Government is now 300 years behind targets to help low-income homes meet energy efficiency targets
New data shows Government is now 300 years behind targets to help low-income homes meet energy efficiency targets
Post on 28th Feb 2023
On 28 February 2023, the Government releases its official Fuel Poverty Statistics for England. It is now 300 years behind targets to help low-income homes meet energy efficiency targets
Content Type:
Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty
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Fuel poverty charity reveals 45 people per day die from cold homes
Fuel poverty charity reveals 45 people per day die from cold homes
Post on 20th Jan 2023
Today the Office of National Statistics (ONS) release figures showing there were 13,400 more deaths in England and Wales in the winter period (December 2021 to March 2022) compared with the average of the non-winter months. 
Nation / Region: UK
Content Type:News
Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty, Energy Costs
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Charity warns UK Government could miss its legal fuel poverty commitments by over 150 years
Charity warns UK Government could miss its legal fuel poverty commitments by over 150 years
Post on 05th Dec 2022
National Energy Action is warning that, based on current delivery rates of home energy efficiency measures, the UK Government could miss its legal target to improve all fuel poor homes in England to a reasonable standard by over 150 years.
Content Type:News
Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty, Policy
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Charity comments on BEIS Committee report on energy pricing and the future of the energy market
Charity comments on BEIS Committee report on energy pricing and the future of the energy market
Post on 25th Jul 2022
Energy prices continue to spiral, and vulnerable households in the energy market are being hardest hit. It is vital that the plans from the UK Government and Ofgem are scrutinised by Parliament, and they act on this credible set of recommendations to hel
Nation / Region: Wales , UK
Content Type:News
Energy Efficiency, Consumer Protection, Cold Homes, Energy Costs, Energy Markets, News, News Release, Energy, Energy crisis, Energy Bills
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Chancellor’s cost of living measures “avert the darkest of outcomes”
Chancellor’s cost of living measures “avert the darkest of outcomes”
Post on 26th May 2022
National Energy Action (NEA) chief executive Adam Scorer responds to the Chancellor’s cost of living and energy crisis measures.
Nation / Region: Northern Ireland , Wales , UK , Scotland
Content Type:News
Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty, Energy Costs, Policy
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Fuel Poverty Awareness Day 2021
Fuel Poverty Awareness Day 2021
Post on 16th Dec 2021
“My teenager covers himself in layers to keep warm …”
Nation / Region: Northern Ireland , Wales , UK , Scotland
Content Type:News
Energy Efficiency, Energy Tariffs, Cold Homes, Health, Fuel Debt, Blog, Family
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