Secret court hearings. No household present. Failed processes. This investigation by @kirkkorner.bsky.social exposes a court system stacked against people already struggling with high bills. 👉 This isn’t justice, it’s punishment for poverty. www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/magi...

Around 6 million households will receive the £150 Warm Home Discount this winter, but people should be alert to scams as letters land on doormats For most, the discount is applied automatically. You should not be asked to apply by text or phone, or to share personal or bank details. [1/2]

New research shows children growing up in poor-quality housing miss over three extra weeks of school across their education, and go on to score 2–5% lower in English and maths. [1/3]

Delays to the Warm Homes Plan have real consequences. Every week without action means families remain trapped in cold, damp homes; homes that damage health, worsen existing conditions and pile extra pressure onto the NHS. [1/4]

Millions of households are living in cold, damp homes, and rising energy debt is a big part of the problem Data shows household energy debt & arrears have reached £4.48bn, with most of that debt not on a repayment plan, meaning people are cutting back on heating just to keep up with bills [1/3]

Massive thanks to the people who shared their stories for us at Local Storytelling Exchange and @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social 🙏 Eilidh Weir, David Stutchfield, Charlotte Higgins, @actonenergy.bsky.social , MECC Trust, Mazar Dad, Tas Bashir, Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick, Pervinder Dhillon

Millions of people across the UK are still living in cold, damp homes -the data shows the problem is not improving. New polling finds that 14% of adults, around 7.7m people, say their home is cold or damp. This level has remained stubbornly high, broadly in line with the last two years [1/5]

New research shows millions of people are still living in cold, damp homes, five years into the energy bills crisis. People with existing health conditions are most exposed, with a quarter reporting cold, damp housing. #EndFuelPoverty #WarmHomesPlan #ColdDampHomes #EnergyCrisis [1/3]

🌍This #WorldHumanRightsDay, we’re reminding policymakers that cold, damp housing isn’t just a cost-of-living issue, it’s a human rights issue. #HumanRightsDay #RightToAWarmHome #EndFuelPoverty [1/2]

✅Reforming the grid connection system is vital, it can unlock cheaper, cleaner, homegrown energy and help end fuel poverty for good. [1/4]

Offshore wind has transformed the UK’s energy system since the first turbines went up in Blyth. It now provides nearly a fifth of our electricity and supports tens of thousands of skilled jobs. This is real progress toward a cleaner, more secure energy future ✅ #EndFuelPoverty #Renewables [1/4]

Ofgem has announced plans for £28bn of spending on Britain’s energy networks over the next five years, with total costs potentially rising to £90bn. #EndFuelPoverty #EnergyCrisis [1/5]

As the Energy Security & Net Zero Committee looks at how to build trust and consent for the transition, we must be honest about what undermines that trust today: #EndFuelPoverty #EnergyCrisis #netzero [1/5]

The impact of Budget decisions on different households' energy bills have been released. While we still don't know exactly what the price cap level will be from April 2026, according to the Government’s own breakdown annual savings could look like: [1/4]

Thanks to all our members who contributed views to this round up on the Budget and what it means for fuel poverty. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/budget-bring...

The Budget keeps the Energy Profits Levy, and that’s the right call. Scrapping it while raising taxes elsewhere would have been a gift to companies making extraordinary crisis-era profits. #EndFuelPoverty #WarmHomesPlan #Budget2025 [1/4]

Today’s Budget will bring a small reduction in bills, with the average annual energy bill expected to fall from £1,755 to around £1,665 from April 2026. #EndFuelPoverty #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay #Budget2025 [1/4]

The Government's latest Budget has moves that will see energy bills fall slightly next spring, but remain far above pre-crisis levels while insulation funding is changed and millions remain at risk. open.substack.com/pub/endfuelp...

Thank you for joining us in supporting our #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay. Together, we’re shining a light on the struggle to keep homes warm and healthy. 💛

Thousands of households in Scotland are in extreme fuel poverty. Yet £100m of investment in energy efficiency measures in Scotland at risk under rumoured cuts. “The losers in the Budget must not be those in fuel poverty.” Frazer @energy-action-scot.bsky.social on #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay.

And as we mark Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, the reality is this: we are entering a fifth winter of the energy bills crisis with no long-term plan to end it. #EndFuelPoverty #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay #EnergyEfficiency #Budget2025 #WarmHomes @nea.org.uk [1/4]

Reports in the FT this evening suggest that the Chancellor has now u-turned on a plan that would have helped to lift 800,000 households out of the deepest fuel poverty. www.ft.com/content/82f0...

Reports suggest the Government is considering slashing the Warm Homes Plan by £6.4 billion, at the same time as looking at a £6 billion tax cut for oil and gas firms. #EndFuelPoverty #EnergyEfficiency #Budget2025 #WarmHomes [1/4]

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver the #Budget2025, one thing is clear: sticking-plaster policies won’t fix an energy system that’s been failing households for years. [1/4]

Ofgem has today announced that the new #pricecap will increase by 0.2% from January, leaving the average bill still around £700 higher than in 2020 and £190 higher than at the 2024 General Election. ➡️ £1,758 a year bill on average for a typical dual-fuel household on direct debit. [1/5]

While gas giants rack up another year of huge UK profits, millions of families are still living in cold homes, juggling rising bills, and falling deeper into energy debt. Why? Because our energy system still allows companies to profit even when people can’t afford the basics. [1/3]

Energy network companies are still reporting huge profit margins, in some cases over three times the national average. Yet households are stuck paying some of the highest standing charges in the country. #EndFuelPoverty #EnergyCrisis [1/2]

The ONS says today’s lower inflation rate is partly down to energy bills not rising as fast as last year.
But for millions of households, this is no comfort. #EndFuelPoverty #EnergyCrisis #WarmHomesPlan [1/3]

Energy giants have already made over £125bn in UK profits since 2020, and even more globally. This is money generated while households faced the worst energy bills crisis in living memory. [1/2]

One week Ministers brief the press about cutting heat pump support and slashing energy efficiency budgets. The next, they’re urging people to apply for heat pump schemes they themselves have put in doubt. #WarmHomesPlan #EndFuelPoverty #EnergyBills #HeatPumps [1/3]

Amidst the ongoing energy bills crisis households are still struggling, whilst energy companies made over £125bn in UK profits alone (their global profits were even higher.) Our new analysis shows who benefited from the crisis, and it wasn’t the public. [1/2]

🔥£125 billion in profits since 2020. Still-sky-high bills for millions. New EFPC analysis shows the energy industry has made over £125bn in UK profits during the crisis. [1/3]

Cutting access to heat-pump subsidies while considering a £6bn tax break for oil and gas giants is a complete mismatch of priorities. 12.1 million households are struggling with bills and nearly 5 million people are in deep fuel poverty [1/2] #EndFuelPoverty #Budget2025 #WarmHomesPlan

The UK is leaving £11 billion in unpaid corporate tax on the table, according to new analysis from the Tax Justice Network. That’s money that could be fixing cold homes and cutting bills, not sitting in the pockets of tax-dodging multinationals. [1/3]

⚠️If the Chancellor cuts the funding for home-insulation schemes now, we risk more than just cold, damp homes - we risk the UK missing its climate targets and trapping thousands in fuel poverty. [1/4]

Reports now suggest the Chancellor is preparing to hand the oil and gas industry a £6bn tax break, while slashing investment in warmer, safer homes by £6.4bn. [1/5]

Reports suggest the Chancellor is considering deep cuts to the UK’s energy-efficiency programmes to fund short-term bill reductions. That would mean cutting up to 40% from Britain’s insulation and retrofit budget, dismantling the very programmes that actually bring bills down for good. [1/3]

🚨 Reports suggest the Chancellor is preparing to divert funds from the flagship £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan in the Budget. This funding was meant to add to existing schemes not replace them. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/energy-effic...

What have we learned about energy after a year of Trump? That doubling down on fossil fuels doesn’t deliver energy security, it drives instability. Global gas markets remain volatile, oil and gas giants grow richer, and ordinary households in the UK are left paying the price. [1/3]

Of all the gas estimated to have been in the North Sea basin, just 14% remains commercially viable according to official statistics. “We have exhausted so much of the gas from the North Sea.” @zackpolanski.bsky.social speaks to #GAEvent underlining a need to tackle inequality & high energy bills.

For too long electricity prices are set by the cost of gas. “We will reform electricity markets further and stop treating electricity bills as cheque books.” @pippaheylings.bsky.social rightly highlights to #GAEvent that energy bills are too high.

Low cost energy can sometimes be delivered at the expense of nature. Baroness Coffey told #GAEvent “sometimes you have to do something for carbon, sometimes you have to do it for nature.” But as Government develops new infrastructure plans, they must be built in a nature friendly AND low cost way.

Today we’re at the #GAEvent hearing from politicians from a range of political parties. “The clean energy revolution is happening and is unstoppable,” says @katiewhitemp.bsky.social This does improve energy security, but the benefits must be felt by households through lower energy bills.

Unite the union have found that in 2024 alone, energy firms raked in profit margins up to three times the national average. At the same time, energy bills have risen 42% since 2021. [1/3]

Charities and experts have set out what success looks like, and it’s about action, not averages: 🔥Warm, safe homes treated as a public health priority 🎯A clear target to end fuel poverty by 2030 🔧A decade-long retrofit plan creating skilled green jobs [1/4]

While households brace for another winter of high bills and rising debt, the energy giants keep cashing in. ➡️Iberdrola has reported a 22.8% jump in profits from its UK energy networks. [1/4]

Today the ESNZ Committee has published it’s first report into the cost of energy, setting out a clear roadmap to address the impact of Britain’s energy cost crisis. [1/3]

Today’s news about renewables contracts are a reminder: the energy transition must work for people, not just big developers. Renewables are essential, but so is fairness. [1/3]

If you're eligible for the £150 Warm Home Discount rebate, you’ll receive a letter between 24 October and mid-December explaining one of the following: [1/4]

By 2027, the North Sea won’t produce enough gas to heat our homes. So any plan that delays home grown energy isn’t “realistic”, it’s reckless. [1/3]