This year’s UK Fuel Poverty Monitor, covering the period 2021 to 2022, considers the causes of the energy crisis as well as how it has impacted fuel poor households and the organisations that work to support them.

This research investigated the relationship between fuel poverty and carbon monoxide (CO) risk in households on low incomes and in vulnerable situations.

This briefing compares the state of the UK housing stock and fuel poverty levels with 15 other European countries. It concludes that no other country of the 16 assessed performed as poorly overall as the UK across the range of indicators. The UK has among the highest rates of fuel poverty and one of the most energy inefficient housing stocks in Europe.