The scandal of fuel poverty
- 5 million households in Britain shiver through
winter because their homes are so poorly
insulated they cannot afford to heat them. - Over 1 million older people have to choose
between eating and heating. - 1 in 3 older people are forced to live in only one
room of their home. - Britain’s homes leak twice as much heat and power
as homes in Nordic countries – meaning higher fuel
bills and more CO2 emissions. - 1,400,000 children’s lives are blighted: it affects their
education and their friendships. - Fuel poverty costs the health service £1.9 billion
every year. - That means an average £2.9 million annual waste in your area.
This Friday, your Member of Parliament has the chance to end this scandal by
voting for the Fuel Poverty Bill. Please contact them
today to insist they do just that.