Shocking statistic is shared as over 300 delegates attend UNISON’s national retired members’ conference in Brighton
The article Nearly two million pensioners in the UK now live in poverty first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Nearly two million pensioners in the UK now live in poverty
Shocking statistic is shared as over 300 delegates attend UNISON’s national retired members’ conference in Brighton
The article Nearly two million pensioners in the UK now live in poverty first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“Fuel poverty is a reality for millions.”
Unite Community Branches across South and West Yorkshire held street stalls last weekend (15 June), continuing to raise public awareness of the “Unite4Energy for All” campaign. The campaign was launched last December and aims to highlight the need for action on fuel poverty and is demanding: Unite Community Leeds and Wakefield joined forces with the […]
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Tackling climate change with warm homes for all
If we don’t take action now, a zero-carbon energy system will remain a pipe dream for decades to come.
I was listening in on a focus group discussion the other day, run by a friend in the industry….Read more…
Eliminating fuel poverty requires more than a process
As the statutory target to eliminate fuel poverty in Scotland has come and gone, will a new strategy do any better?
The Scottish Government has published a consultation paper on a new fuel poverty…Read more…
UNISON calls for energy equality for the UK’s worst-off users
‘Thousands die each winter because they cannot afford to heat their homes’, union and campaign group Fuel Poverty Action warn
The article UNISON calls for energy equality for the UK’s…Read more…
We need a new strategy to end fuel poverty
The Scottish Government has missed the statutory target to eradicate fuel poverty this year by some distance. So, new reports on fuel poverty should be welcomed, but only if they are quickly followed…Read more…
Municipal energy – time for radical action
Despite the best efforts of successive governments to create an energy market, it remains notoriously uncompetitive. In Europe, municipal energy is commonplace and growing – we should do the same in…Read more…
Tackle fuel poverty scandal and help fight climate change, says UNISON
Tackling Scotland’s “disgraceful” fuel poverty scandal must be a top priority and will help fight climate change, UNISON said today.
New figures from the Existing Homes Alliance show that 62% of Scottish homes are “unhealthily cold”. The public services union works with the EHA, Energy Action Scotland, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland and others in calling for a Warm Homes Act.
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Time to improve energy efficiency in buildings
Governments must do more to reduce energy bills by improving the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings.
MPs on the Westminster Energy and Climate Change Committee report that the energy…Read more…
Time to get serious about energy prices
Every seven minutes in the UK an older person dies of cold.
As Geoffrey Lean recently put it in the Independent; “people will die of cold in their own homes – in this, the world’s fifth-largest…Read more…
Eliminating fuel poverty by Nov 2016? I think not.
Given the short term thinking that bedevils much political thinking, we can be forgiven for looking cynically at government targets that stretch long ahead of the political cycle. However, sometimes…Read more…
Climate change and fuel poverty are urgent challenges
#stuc15 The STUC will work with NGOs and trade unions internationally to press for a Just Transition as part of a binding international deal at the UN Conference on Climate Change due to be held this year in Paris, which is “critical for the future of the planet.”
UNISON’s Pat Rowland told delegates that a Just Transition will ensure that the costs and benefits of switching to a low carbonRead more…
Saving Our Safety Net Fact of the Week: 800,000 children live in families that are behind on their energy bills
(Warning: long post.) This week’s headline comes from Show Some Warmth, an excellent new report from the Children’s Society that looked at the problem of energy debt – families falling into debt because they cannot pay their energy bills. The report found that 3.8 million children live in…Read more…