40,000 households in constituencies of leadership candidates plunged into fuel poverty 🔴 The candidates have been urged to set out their plan for ‘tackling the crisis of unaffordable energy bills’
if residents are living in a property with a fuel poverty energy efficiency rating of band D or below and, when they spend the required amount to heat their home, they are left with a residual income below the official poverty line.he was “angry” that the Conservative Party leadership candidates had not addressed the fuel poverty crisis enough.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’ South West Norfolk constituency is forecast to have the highest proportion of households in fuel poverty. In 2020, 7,537 households there, 16.1 per cent, were in fuel poverty, but by this October that number will have soared to 18,726, or 40.1 per cent – an overall rise of 148.5 per cent.
Across England there are now 4.5 million more households in fuel poverty – 6.2 million in total – compared to 2020.will reach £3,244, according to the latest projections from research firm Cornwall Insight, which has predicted previous hikes to a high degree of accuracy. “So far in the Conservative leadership campaign, no candidate has put forward a credible plan to support families, businesses, village and community halls, places of worship, hospitals and schools to keep their buildings warm this winter,” the letter stated.
All UK households will receive government support in the form of £400 off their energy bills in October, while a council tax rebate of £150 was introduced in April for almost all households in England. A source close to Mr Sunak said: “Energy bills were one of Rishi’s biggest concerns as Chancellor. That’s why, as well as giving all households a £400 discount on their energy bills this autumn, he’s given a total of up to £1,200 to support the most vulnerable.
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