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Protected: Warm Homes Plan National Energy Action Conference 2026
Posted on 03rd Feb 2026
The Warm Homes Plan sets a clear ambition and a welcome target of lifting 1 million homes out of fuel poverty. However, in its current form, there is a real risk that it does not deliver warmth for the most vulnerable.
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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.
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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.
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UK,
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News
Energy debt reaches a record £2.9.billion
Post on 15th Dec 2023
Today, Ofgem has announced energy debt has reached £2.9 billion and may look to recover this by raising the price cap and increasing Energy Bills.
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Wales
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6.5 million UK households will be in fuel poverty from January as new polling shows 2 million have gone without energy in the last three months
Post on 29th Nov 2023
6.5 million UK households will be in fuel poverty from January as new polling shows 2 million have gone without energy in the last three months
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UK
Content Type:News
‘This increase will mean millions will struggle in cold and unsafe homes’ – fuel poverty charity reacts to Ofgem Price Cap
Post on 23rd Nov 2023
Today Ofgem announces the new level of the price cap, which will take effect from 1 January 2024.
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UK
Content Type:Media Press Releases
Autumn Statement fails the poorest households in cold and unsafe homes – says fuel poverty charity
Post on 22nd Nov 2023
Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action warns that the Autumn Statement fails the poorest households in cold and unsafe homes, as new polling reveals 1 in 4 UK adults have found it difficult to afford their energy bills in the past three months.
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UK
Content Type:News Release
Standing charges response: ‘How can it be right that someone who can’t afford any energy pays a daily charge that is the same or more than someone in a mansion?’
Post on 16th Nov 2023
Today Ofgem announces a paper on standing charges – it covers your energy supplier’s costs such as connecting gas and/or electricity to your home.
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Wales
Content Type:Media Press Releases
Vulnerable households urged not to miss out on Warm Home Discount again
Post on 17th Oct 2023
Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) is urging vulnerable households across Great Britain not to miss out again on vital energy crisis support.
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UK
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National Energy Action responds to energy debt reaching its highest level ever
Post on 12th Oct 2023
Energy regulator Ofgem announced that energy debt reached £2.6 billion – its highest ever level.
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UK
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Coalition of over 140 organisations and MPs call for consultation on a social tariff for energy
Post on 28th Sep 2023
As Ofgem’s price cap changes take effect this Sunday (1 October), a coalition of over 140 charities, organisations and MPs is calling on the government to take action to support vulnerable households with their energy bills.
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Standing charge rises are hurting low-income households
Post on 08th Sep 2023
The standing charge is a fixed daily fee applied to energy bills. It covers the cost of maintaining the infrastructure and providing services, regardless of whether you use these services are not.
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UK
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