The cost of decarbonising the UK’s energy system is falling disproportionately on the poorest.
Articles on Fuel poverty
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Out of the existing 29 million homes in the UK, only eight million meet the highest energy standards.
The next 20 years of Britain’s electricity policy must look very different from the previous 20.
Research shows more ‘fuel riots’ are inevitable, thanks to more expensive oil and gas, and less political stability.
Reforms to fossil fuel subsidies must be combined with effective anti-poverty policies.
Simply having warmer homes can help prevent avoidable deaths this winter.
People from the lowest castes and ‘scheduled tribes’ are less likely to have electricity and clean gas, even compared to equally poor people from other castes.
You just need to apply some science.
Scotland’s failure to meet target illustrate a worldwide problem - the right to adequate heating and energy is not being properly recognised.
A new study reveals just how tough it can be to rebuild a life after homelessness.
When cold weather hits, heating costs can be a matter of life and death. So why are community groups the front line and not government?
Npower’s proposal for fuel banks addresses the symptoms of fuel poverty but not its causes.
The Green Party says fuel poverty is causing a high number of winter deaths due to people living in the cold. Are they right?
What is a healthy room temperature? On releasing its Cold Weather Plan for 2014, Public Health England has recently revised its recommended minimum levels to keep in good health. No longer, they say, do…
There’s been much debate this past month about Britain’s rising gas and electricity bills. Price hikes have followed utility companies’ reports of massive increases in profits, such as Scottish Power which…
Britain’s housing stock is old and leaky. The vast majority fails to meet modern energy efficiency standards, is responsible for over a quarter of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, and is often very…
The nights are drawing in, leaves are changing from green to gold, and energy suppliers are announcing price hikes. Along with animals disappearing into hibernation, energy price rises have become what…
Ed Miliband is right to be concerned about the lack of competitiveness in the UK energy retail sector. His worries are shared by many observers in the media and those of us in the regulatory and academic…
First the banks lost the public’s trust, then the tax activities of some large corporations were brought under scrutiny. So perhaps taking on the “big six” UK energy companies as household fuel bills incessantly…
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Professor of Energy Policy, Member of Fuel Poverty Evidence and Trustee of the Fuel Poverty Research Network, Sheffield Hallam University
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, Liverpool John Moores University
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Research Fellow in Fuel Poverty and Energy Policy, Built Environment Asset Management (BEAM) Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Lecturer in Operations Management, University of Sheffield
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Senior lecturer, University of Manchester
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Professor of Energy and Society, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor in Operations Management, Director of Centre for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) Director of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) Research Centre, University of Sheffield
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