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Tag: End Fuel Poverty Coalition

  • ‘The energy industry is taking us for April fools’

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/the-energy-industry-is-taking-us-for-april-fools

    Unite members take part in a day of action for Energy4All in Bradford, April 1, 2025 Photo: Neil Terry Photography

    Energy giants rake in half a trillion pounds out of people’s misery, campaigners warn

    GREEDY energy giants have raked in half a trillion pounds in profits since 2020, according to new data released today.

    The End Fuel Poverty Coalition examined the accounts of 20 firms that produce, supply and distribute energy, and discovered that they pocketed more than £514 billion over the last five years.

    Among the top earners were oil titans Equinor and Shell, which saw their profits swell to £140bn and £91.6bn while millions of people struggled with soaring costs.

    Warm This Winter spokesperson Caroline Simpson said: “It’s incomprehensible in so many ways and plain wrong that a mere 20 companies have made so much money out of people’s misery.

    “The industry can spare a few of their many billions to bring down bills, pay for energy efficient homes and switch from oil and gas to save the planet.”

    Households are set to be hit by even higher bills as the Ofgem price cap rises by 6.4 per cent this week.

    The average bill is expected to rise by £111 to an average of £1,849 a year.

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/the-energy-industry-is-taking-us-for-april-fools

    Keir Starmer says pensioners can freeze to death and poor children can starve and be condemned to failure and misery all their lives.
    Keir Starmer says pensioners can freeze to death and poor children can starve and be condemned to failure and misery all their lives.

  • Millions will spend Christmas in ‘Dickensian conditions’

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    This article was originally posted 6/12/24 but was deleted, probably my mistake.

    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/millions-will-spend-christmas-dickensian-conditions

    A general view of housing in Scarborough, North Yorkshire

    MILLIONS of people are spending a fourth Christmas in “Dickensian conditions” due to fuel poverty, a damning report revealed today.

    Warm This Winter found that 16 per cent of adults, equal to 8.8 million people, in Britain live in cold, damp homes, exposed to the health risks of living in fuel poverty.

    The campaign group has warned that the government’s Warm Homes Plan will come too late for one in 10 people who have frequently experienced dangerous mould levels in their homes this year.

    Poorly insulated homes risk damp and mould spreading, which the NHS warns can lead to respiratory issues, infections, allergies and asthma.

    Such conditions can also increase the risk of heart disease, strokes and other severe health problems.

    Cold homes can cause and worsen respiratory conditions, cardiovascular diseases, poor mental health, dementia and hypothermia as well as cause and slow recovery from injury.

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    End Fuel Poverty Coalition co-ordinator Simon Francis said: “The sheer numbers of people living in cold, damp homes this winter should send alarm bells throughout Westminster.

    “These shocking figures have hardly changed since last year and with energy bills heading upwards again in January, the situation is now critical for the government.”

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    Original aticle at https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/millions-will-spend-christmas-dickensian-conditions

    Keir Starmer says pensioners can freeze to death and poor children can starve and be condemned to failure and misery all their lives.
    Keir Starmer says pensioners can freeze to death and poor children can starve and be condemned to failure and misery all their lives.

  • Energy giants reap £420bn profits as beleaguered customers faced further price hikes

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/energy-giants-reap-ps420bn-profits-beleaguered-customers-faced-further-price-hikes

    An online energy bill, February 3, 2022

    AS BELEAGUERED customers faced further price hikes today, the scale of Britain’s energy rip-off was revealed.

    The energy firms have collectively reaped profits of £420 billion since 2020, according to research by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition.

    For comparison, the annual budget of the Department of Health & Social Care, which includes the NHS, was £181.7bn in 2022-3.

    Though the Ofgem-imposed price cap, limiting what customers pay for each unit of gas and electricity that we use, fell today to £1,690 a year for a typical household, the average standing charge rose from £303 a year to £334.

    These charges, which have to be paid even if no gas or electricity is used, have risen by 147 per cent since the 2022 outbreak of war in Ukraine.

    Those cashing in on the profits dividend include not only the energy providers but also the firms that own the wires and pipes through which electricity and gas supplies travel, all publicly owned prior to privatisation in 1990.

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/energy-giants-reap-ps420bn-profits-beleaguered-customers-faced-further-price-hikes