#fuelpoverty — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #fuelpoverty, aggregated by home.social.
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King Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/16/king-charles-and-prince-william-face-10m-energy-upgrade-bill-for-estates #DuchyOfCornwall #UkNews #DuchyOfLancaster #FuelPoverty #EnergyEfficiency #Energy #Environment #Poverty #Society #KingCharlesIii #PrinceWilliam #Monarchy
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King Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/16/king-charles-and-prince-william-face-10m-energy-upgrade-bill-for-estates #DuchyOfCornwall #UkNews #DuchyOfLancaster #FuelPoverty #EnergyEfficiency #Energy #Environment #Poverty #Society #KingCharlesIii #PrinceWilliam #Monarchy
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King Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates
By Nick SommerladNew rules could affect nine in 10 rental properties in duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster and at Sandringham
#DuchyofCornwall #UKnews #DuchyofLancaster #Fuelpoverty #Energyefficiency #Energy #Environment #Poverty #Society #KingCharlesIII #PrinceWilliam #Monarchy #TheGuardian #NickSommerlad
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King Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates
By Nick SommerladNew rules could affect nine in 10 rental properties in duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster and at Sandringham
#DuchyofCornwall #UKnews #DuchyofLancaster #Fuelpoverty #Energyefficiency #Energy #Environment #Poverty #Society #KingCharlesIII #PrinceWilliam #Monarchy #TheGuardian #NickSommerlad
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Andy Burnham says he will go ‘faster’ than Starmer. Why is that so hard? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/20/andy-burnham-says-he-will-go-faster-than-keir-starmer #AndyBurnham #Politics #Labour #FuelPoverty #CapitalGainsTax #RentingProperty #HealthPolicy #EconomicPolicy #SocialCare #PublicServicesPolicy #UkNews #Tax #LabourPartyLeadership #Housing #Society
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Andy Burnham says he will go ‘faster’ than Starmer. Why is that so hard? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/20/andy-burnham-says-he-will-go-faster-than-keir-starmer #AndyBurnham #Politics #Labour #FuelPoverty #CapitalGainsTax #RentingProperty #HealthPolicy #EconomicPolicy #SocialCare #PublicServicesPolicy #UkNews #Tax #LabourPartyLeadership #Housing #Society
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Andy Burnham says he will go ‘faster’ than Starmer. Why is that so hard?
By Tom ClarkIs the machinery of state jammed, or is the reason for the slow pace of change more personal than institutional?
#AndyBurnham #Politics #Labour #Fuelpoverty #Capitalgainstax #Rentingproperty #Healthpolicy #Economicpolicy #Socialcare #Publicservicespolicy #UKnews #Tax #Labourpartyleadership #Housing #Society #TheGuardian #TomClark
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Energy price cap rise ‘will push millions in Great Britain into fuel poverty’ https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/jul/01/energy-price-cap-rise-will-push-millions-in-great-britain-into-fuel-poverty #EnergyBills #FuelPoverty #EnergyIndustry #HouseholdBills #Ofgem #UkNews #Business #ConsumerAffairs #Money #Society
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Energy price cap rise ‘will push millions in Great Britain into fuel poverty’ https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/jul/01/energy-price-cap-rise-will-push-millions-in-great-britain-into-fuel-poverty #EnergyBills #FuelPoverty #EnergyIndustry #HouseholdBills #Ofgem #UkNews #Business #ConsumerAffairs #Money #Society
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'Sharp increases' leave UK households 'owing £750'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/sharp-increases-leave-uk-households-37300951
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'Sharp increases' leave UK households 'owing £750'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/sharp-increases-leave-uk-households-37300951
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Households taking drastic steps amid UK's £4.3billion energy debt mountain
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/energy-debt-uk-households-struggle-37297606
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Households taking drastic steps amid UK's £4.3billion energy debt mountain
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/energy-debt-uk-households-struggle-37297606
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What if #Ireland put #solarPV on every suitable #socialhousing?
💡 ~90,000–115,000 homes 💰 ~€0.6–€1.0 billion total cost ⚡ ~360–460 GWh/year generated 📊 ~1.1%–1.4% of national electricity demand
For context:
Ireland uses ~31,900 GWh/year
A typical home system produces ~3,600–4,000 kWh/year
Install cost ≈ €7k–€9k per home
👉 That €1bn investment could generate ~€70m–€115m/year in energy value
Not a silver bullet: a fast scalable way to reduce #fuelPoverty, + add clean power using public assets -
What if #Ireland put #solarPV on every suitable #socialhousing?
💡 ~90,000–115,000 homes 💰 ~€0.6–€1.0 billion total cost ⚡ ~360–460 GWh/year generated 📊 ~1.1%–1.4% of national electricity demand
For context:
Ireland uses ~31,900 GWh/year
A typical home system produces ~3,600–4,000 kWh/year
Install cost ≈ €7k–€9k per home
👉 That €1bn investment could generate ~€70m–€115m/year in energy value
Not a silver bullet: a fast scalable way to reduce #fuelPoverty, + add clean power using public assets -
Iran war sees energy bosses' personal wealth soar as UK households pay the price
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/iran-war-sees-energy-bosses-36960497
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I would desperately like to see UK government decouple the price of electricity from gas. We have just about the most expensive consumer energy prices in the world…but lazy journalism won’t get us there.
This piece is a recycled press release from a think tank…admittedly not a rightwing one, but it’s not based on the kind of research you might find in a journal.
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I would desperately like to see UK government decouple the price of electricity from gas. We have just about the most expensive consumer energy prices in the world…but lazy journalism won’t get us there.
This piece is a recycled press release from a think tank…admittedly not a rightwing one, but it’s not based on the kind of research you might find in a journal.
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‘I’m a single mum with a five-year-old and we're forced to sleep next to black mould'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/im-single-mum-five-year-36565183
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‘I’m a single mum with a five-year-old and we're forced to sleep next to black mould'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/im-single-mum-five-year-36565183
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Why Do Some [UK] Homes Feel Chilly No Matter How High You Turn Up The Heating? 🏠❄️ - How Location Data Can Help Identify Hard To Heat Homes In Britain [spatial]
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/insights/how-location-data-can-help-identify-hard-to-heat-homes-in-britain <-- shared technical article
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#OrdnanceSurvey #OS #GIS #spatial #mapping #UK #England #Scotland #Wales #Britain #UnitedKingdom #coldhomes #heating #efficiency #build #efficiency #insulation #building #material #type #house #home #residential #buildquality #construction #age #heatretention #winter #extremeweather #temperature #WarmHomesPlan #energy #fuel #urban #rural #fuelpoverty #energyefficiency #spatialanalysis #localauthorities #heatloss #coastal #remote #detached #semidetached #heatindex #coldspell #usecase #economics #benefits
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Why Do Some [UK] Homes Feel Chilly No Matter How High You Turn Up The Heating? 🏠❄️ - How Location Data Can Help Identify Hard To Heat Homes In Britain [spatial]
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/insights/how-location-data-can-help-identify-hard-to-heat-homes-in-britain <-- shared technical article
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#OrdnanceSurvey #OS #GIS #spatial #mapping #UK #England #Scotland #Wales #Britain #UnitedKingdom #coldhomes #heating #efficiency #build #efficiency #insulation #building #material #type #house #home #residential #buildquality #construction #age #heatretention #winter #extremeweather #temperature #WarmHomesPlan #energy #fuel #urban #rural #fuelpoverty #energyefficiency #spatialanalysis #localauthorities #heatloss #coastal #remote #detached #semidetached #heatindex #coldspell #usecase #economics #benefits
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No ban on gas boilers in UK warm homes plan but heat pumps get £2.7bn push https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/uk-warm-homes-plan-gas-boilers-billions-heat-pumps #Energy #EnergyBills #Environment #ConsumerAffairs #FuelPoverty #HouseholdBills #HeatPumps #Politics #Labour #EdMiliband #RenewableEnergy #EnergyEfficiency #GreenJobs #GreenEconomy #GreenPolitics #UkNews
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No ban on gas boilers in UK warm homes plan but heat pumps get £2.7bn push https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/uk-warm-homes-plan-gas-boilers-billions-heat-pumps #Energy #EnergyBills #Environment #ConsumerAffairs #FuelPoverty #HouseholdBills #HeatPumps #Politics #Labour #EdMiliband #RenewableEnergy #EnergyEfficiency #GreenJobs #GreenEconomy #GreenPolitics #UkNews
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What I saw reporting on the American lives cut short by killer heat https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/inside-americas-hidden-climate-deaths #Trumpadministration #Climatecrisis #Environment #Extremeheat #Fuelpoverty #USpolitics
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What I saw reporting on the American lives cut short by killer heat https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/inside-americas-hidden-climate-deaths #Trumpadministration #Climatecrisis #Environment #Extremeheat #Fuelpoverty #USpolitics
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‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution.
Renewable energy is flourishing in Spain, a country with no gas or oil and little coal of its own, but an abundance of sunshine.
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty.
#Spain #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #Energy #FuelPoverty #Environment #Europe #Spain
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‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/phoenix-heat-deaths #Trumpadministration #Climatecrisis #Extremeheat #Environment #Fuelpoverty #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Arizona #USnews
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‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/phoenix-heat-deaths #Trumpadministration #Climatecrisis #Extremeheat #Environment #Fuelpoverty #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Arizona #USnews
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‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/phoenix-heat-deaths #Trumpadministration #Climatecrisis #Extremeheat #Environment #Fuelpoverty #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Arizona #USnews
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‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/phoenix-heat-deaths #Trumpadministration #Climatecrisis #Extremeheat #Environment #Fuelpoverty #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Arizona #USnews
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‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/phoenix-heat-deaths #Trumpadministration #Climatecrisis #Extremeheat #Environment #Fuelpoverty #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Arizona #USnews
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One million families with children face fuel poverty this Christmas, analysis shows | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/energy-bill-fuel-cost-children-b2669101.html -
One million families with children face fuel poverty this Christmas, analysis shows | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/energy-bill-fuel-cost-children-b2669101.html -
In the same way, Labour have bungled the issue of #fuelpoverty
The #WinterFuelAllowance was problematic, but shouldn't have been cut without a package of measures to address fuel poverty, such as insulating homes, supporting low cost heating and addressing the benefits crisis
I expect we will see a rise in deaths this winter as a result. Our hospitals are already warning they are seeing massive rises in flu which is caused by fuel poverty
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In the same way, Labour have bungled the issue of #fuelpoverty
The #WinterFuelAllowance was problematic, but shouldn't have been cut without a package of measures to address fuel poverty, such as insulating homes, supporting low cost heating and addressing the benefits crisis
I expect we will see a rise in deaths this winter as a result. Our hospitals are already warning they are seeing massive rises in flu which is caused by fuel poverty
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“It was lonely on the hill, and cold. And all you could do was keep going. You could scream, cry, and stamp your feet, but apart from making you feel warmer, it wouldn’t do any good.”
Terry Pratchett; Wintersmith
#Discworld #IncreasingEnergyBills #FuelPoverty #KeepingWarm #KeepFighting 🥶 -
“It was lonely on the hill, and cold. And all you could do was keep going. You could scream, cry, and stamp your feet, but apart from making you feel warmer, it wouldn’t do any good.”
Terry Pratchett; Wintersmith
#Discworld #IncreasingEnergyBills #FuelPoverty #KeepingWarm #KeepFighting 🥶 -
I know writing a letter to a newspaper won’t change a damn thing…I don’t even know who bothers to read the letters page when we have BTL commenting on most articles.
But I could think of no other medium to express myself in response to #Starmer’s words last week during #Cop29 that he will “not [be] telling people how to live their lives”.
#Retrofit
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#FuelPovertyhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/making-homes-greener-isnt-nanny-statism
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I know writing a letter to a newspaper won’t change a damn thing…I don’t even know who bothers to read the letters page when we have BTL commenting on most articles.
But I could think of no other medium to express myself in response to #Starmer’s words last week during #Cop29 that he will “not [be] telling people how to live their lives”.
#Retrofit
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#FuelPovertyhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/making-homes-greener-isnt-nanny-statism
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Simon Francis, a coordinator at the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said:
“The only way to bring down bills permanently is through investment in insulation, home improvements, renewables and infrastructure which will free us from volatile gas prices for ever. But in the budget, the chancellor only confirmed half the spending commitment Labour pledged in their manifesto to the warm homes plan.”
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Simon Francis, a coordinator at the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said:
“The only way to bring down bills permanently is through investment in insulation, home improvements, renewables and infrastructure which will free us from volatile gas prices for ever. But in the budget, the chancellor only confirmed half the spending commitment Labour pledged in their manifesto to the warm homes plan.”
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UK ‘risks repeat of surging energy bills’ amid continued reliance on gas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/15/uk-risks-repeat-of-surging-energy-bills-amid-continued-reliance-on-gas #UKcostoflivingcrisis #Energyefficiency #Renewableenergy #Consumeraffairs #Energyindustry #Householdbills #Familyfinances #Borrowing&debt #Energybills #Environment #Commodities #Fossilfuels #Fuelpoverty #Heatpumps #Business #Energy #UKnews #Money #Gas #Gas
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UK ‘risks repeat of surging energy bills’ amid continued reliance on gas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/15/uk-risks-repeat-of-surging-energy-bills-amid-continued-reliance-on-gas #UKcostoflivingcrisis #Energyefficiency #Renewableenergy #Consumeraffairs #Energyindustry #Householdbills #Familyfinances #Borrowing&debt #Energybills #Environment #Commodities #Fossilfuels #Fuelpoverty #Heatpumps #Business #Energy #UKnews #Money #Gas #Gas
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Fuel poverty ‘shocker’ should power energy reform
Calum Macdonald asked if something was “just not clicking” between policy and legislation.
Using Viking Energy Windfarm as an example, Mr Macdonald said the windfarm could power up to half a million homes but its owner #SSE was given £2 million to switch off its turbines in August.
He added that fuel poverty in the isles was around 30 per cent.
https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2024/10/08/fuel-poverty-shocker-should-power-energy-reform
#Shetland #FuelPoverty #Electricity #WindFarms #turbines #Scotland
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Fuel poverty ‘shocker’ should power energy reform
Calum Macdonald asked if something was “just not clicking” between policy and legislation.
Using Viking Energy Windfarm as an example, Mr Macdonald said the windfarm could power up to half a million homes but its owner #SSE was given £2 million to switch off its turbines in August.
He added that fuel poverty in the isles was around 30 per cent.
https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2024/10/08/fuel-poverty-shocker-should-power-energy-reform
#Shetland #FuelPoverty #Electricity #WindFarms #turbines #Scotland
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Wow, even Pam Ayres had to write a poem. Labour is doomed!
#Labour #FuelPoverty #ukpolitics -
Wow, even Pam Ayres had to write a poem. Labour is doomed!
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UK Government urged to reform energy markets and reverse cuts
#Scotland's social justice secretary has urged the UK Government to reverse the cut to the winter fuel payment, which she said has had “devastating consequences” north of the border.
Shirley-Anne Somerville said reform of the #UK #energy markets is needed and urged Westminster to take action to address the root causes of fuel poverty and volatile energy prices.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24600512.uk-government-urged-reform-energy-markets-reverse-cuts/
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UK Government urged to reform energy markets and reverse cuts
#Scotland's social justice secretary has urged the UK Government to reverse the cut to the winter fuel payment, which she said has had “devastating consequences” north of the border.
Shirley-Anne Somerville said reform of the #UK #energy markets is needed and urged Westminster to take action to address the root causes of fuel poverty and volatile energy prices.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24600512.uk-government-urged-reform-energy-markets-reverse-cuts/
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@MadeyeTheCarnaptious @Indyposterboy I just got notification of the rise in October of my electricity bill. I'm already officially in #fuelpoverty I'm surrounded by wind turbines. The irony of being the nation producing the energy and paying the most because we have to buy it back
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Shame on Labour MPs that vote for this today 👇
