fuel poverty

A new report from the Committee on Fuel Poverty has revealed that current policies have failed to significantly reduce UK fuel poverty over the last five years.

British Gas announced a new initiative yesterday (13 May) to 100% match bill payments made by customers struggling with energy debt or fuel poverty.

The UK government's latest fuel poverty statistics indicate that the average fuel poverty gap has increased by 66% between 2020 and 2023.

Energy supplier fines and reparation payments collected by Ofgem increased by £50.5 million in 2023 compared to the previous year.

National Energy Action (NEA) has revealed that 6.5 million UK households will be in fuel poverty when the price cap changes in January 2024.

New analysis from Cornwall Insight revealed that introducing social tariffs could reduce the energy bills of the UK’s poorest households by £330.

Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action has revealed that over £440 million allocated to support vulnerable households with their energy bills went unspent last winter.

Not-for-profit centre of excellence Energy Systems Catapult has partnered with Electricity North West and Impact Market Research to better identify low income and vulnerable (LIV) customers and tailor energy support.

The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) has revealed that fuel poverty levels increased to 13.4% over the course of 2022.

Both the National Energy Action (NEA) and the Social Market Foundation (SMF) have said that over seven million households face the risk of fuel poverty come April 2024 prompting calls for politicians to provide “workable long-duration policies”.