Fuel Poverty Action | a campaign group of the Climate Justice Collective - Over 60 people died everyday last winter

Fuel Poverty Action | a campaign group of the Climate Justice Collective

 
Over 60 people died everyday last winter because of cold homes while the big six energy companies doubled their profits..........making a killing innit

Fuel poverty: an escalating crisis
Over one in four UK households face an impossible choice between heating and eating in the winter.
Deaths from hypothermia have doubled in the past five years, while World Health Organisation estimates show that there were over 7000 deaths from cold homes last winter.
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, millions cannot afford to heat their homes to a safe level of warmth. This is a national scandal.
Those hit hardest are those living the most precarious lives, including pensioners, disabled people, people with illnesses, students, single mothers and others on low incomes.
While we’re left to freeze in our homes, the profits of the Big Six energy companies – British Gas (Centrica), EDF, E.ON, Npower, Scottish Power and SSE – have soared to record highs. The Big Six cartel are making a killing from a price-fixed energy market rigged in their favour.