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The long cold winter
— beating fuel poverty | | Author(s) | Jenny Bird, Ron Campbell, Kayte Lawton |
| Corporate Author | Institute for Public Policy Research - IPPR; NEA - National Energy Action |
| Publisher | Institute for Public Policy Research - IPPR, London, March 2010 |
| Pages | 36 pp |
| Source | Download from website: http://www.ippr.org.uk |
| Keywords | Winter care ; Fuel expenditure ; Poverty ; Social policy ; Reports. |
| Annotation | The winter of 2009/10 has been one of the coldest the UK has experienced for decades. This cold weather will have caused much misery for people living in "fuel poverty", defined as an individual or household needing to spend more than 10% of income on fuel to maintain an adequate level of warmth (21 degrees Celsius for main living areas, 18 degrees for other unoccupied rooms). Indeed, more and more people are being affected by fuel poverty as energy prices rise. This report highlights trends in fuel poverty and its underlying causes, the main factors being low household incomes, high energy prices, and poor energy efficiency. It outlines the various policy measures that comprise the Government's current fuel poverty strategy; and examines the scale of the challenge if fuel poverty is to be eradicated permanently. It argues that a radical review of the entire fuel policy strategy is needed, with steps being taken for interim measures pending more lasting solutions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100412204 E |
| Classmark | IB: J6: W6: TM2: 6K |
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