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Blog: Warm homes: do we now have a plan?
Posted on 23rd Jan 2026
In what appeared to be a never-ending saga of ‘will they, won’t they’, the UK Government has now finally published the much-awaited Warm Homes Plan.
Nation / Region:
UK,
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News
Blog: Life skills, education, and the fight against fuel poverty
Posted on 22nd Jan 2026
Michala Sullivan, Training Programme Delivery Manager, says the updated England Draft National Curriculum, with its renewed emphasis on practical life skills, offers an opportunity to fight fuel poverty.
Nation / Region:
UK,
Content Type:
News
The government publishes first details of Warm Homes Plan
Posted on 21st Jan 2026
The government has published the first details of its Warm Homes Plan.
Nation / Region:
UK,
Content Type:
News
Price cap to rise in October with ‘people in desperate circumstances’
Post on 27th Aug 2025
The energy price cap is expected to rise 2% (around £35 a year for a typical household) from 1 October.
Content Type:Media Fact Sheets
One-quarter of Welsh households in fuel poverty
Post on 07th Aug 2025
New official estimates from Welsh government reveal 25% of all households in Wales (340,000) were in fuel poverty in October 2024.
Nation / Region:
Wales
Content Type:Media Press Releases
New community retrofit hub project extends into Oldham to help households access energy efficiency improvements to their homes
Post on 01st Jul 2025
Householders in Oldham now have access to a local energy action team to help make their homes more energy efficient, through fuel poverty charity National Energy Action’s new pilot project that opened this month.
Content Type:Media Press Releases
Price cap falling tomorrow ‘welcome’ but energy bills ‘remain punishingly high’
Post on 30th Jun 2025
The energy price cap will fall 7% from tomorrow (1 July). This means a typical household will pay £1,720 a year, down from £1,849.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:Media Press Releases
Anti-Poverty Strategy ‘not fit for purpose’
Post on 19th Jun 2025
After 19 years of waiting the Northern Ireland Executive launched their draft Anti-Poverty Strategy on Tuesday 17 June.
Nation / Region:
Northern Ireland
Content Type:News
Warm Home Discount expansion: ‘positive’ but ‘far from sturdy’
Post on 18th Jun 2025
The government has announced an expansion of the Warm Home Discount, meaning that it will go to all households on means-tested benefits this winter.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:Media Press Releases
Spending Review: ‘We have the financial commitment; now comes the time to deliver for the most vulnerable households.’
Post on 11th Jun 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has just unveiled the government’s Spending Review. The announcement covered the Warm Homes Plan.
Content Type:Media Press Releases
National Energy Action welcomes Winter Fuel Payment expansion
Post on 09th Jun 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that many more pensioners will now receive the Winter Fuel Payment. Everyone over the state pension age in England and Wales with an income of, or below, £35,000 a year, will now receive the Winter Fuel Payment.
Content Type:Media Press Releases
Energy bills to fall 7% from July
Post on 23rd May 2025
Ofgem announced on Friday 23 May that the energy price cap will fall 7% from July. This means a typical household will pay £1,720 a year, down from £1,849.
Nation / Region:
UK
Content Type:Media Press Releases
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