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
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What is this?
It’s a political stunt from a fossil-fuel funded party, which will increase costs to British people, & through seeking to stop new renewable investment, lower energy security
In practical terms it is like behaviour of anti-British foreign agents
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
While well-intentioned, UK residents resorting to spreading yoghurt on windows to stay cools shows how disastrously unprepared the country is for extreme heat
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"Choosing weapons over addressing climate breakdown and social fragility is not an economic necessity, it is a political failure."
neweconomics.org/2025/06/euro...
@carladenyer.bsky.social “In public, they claim to be taxing fossil fuel giants more fairly .. but behind closed doors they are giving back with dodgy deals to allow the fossil fuel corporates to continue with business as usual under the guise of CCUS”
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instead of spending £80bn on HS2, imagine if that amount was dedicated to a multi-decade programme to make safe walking and cycling routes in towns and rural areas
We don't know how the £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan spending will fall, but there's a lot of uncertainty around the £5bn allocated to Financial Transactions (loaned money, not grants)
Officially declaring the Warm Homes Plan PSNFL-d
It found that a driver of a Ram TRX was unable to see children aged up to nine who were standing directly in front, while a Land Rover Defender driver could not see children aged up to four and a half.
Insanity
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
So much going on in this Greenwich development:
- 1,250 homes built on 200 of Ikea's 1000 parking spaces
- Only £1.2m for local health services to increase capacity
- 2,200 bike racks and a car free estate
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/06/10/g...
We've been PSNFL-d ! jokes aside, it's news to us and everyone else so still learning
The £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan helps to bring UK household along in a just transition to net zero, to end fuel poverty and help people access modern heating systems and solar.
I'm looking forward to turning my attention to how it can be most effectively and fairly spent!
Conveniently no mention of what has been spared; the scheme the Sun are referring to predominantly helps low income households lower their heating bills
Over half of prospective Labour voters support a nationwide insulation programme (EFPC)
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3528258...
NEW ANALYSIS: UK's solar power surges 42% to a new record, after the sunniest spring on record
* For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025)
* In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m
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Reform UK’s anti-net zero policies could cost the UK economy £92 billion by the end of the decade and 60,000 jobs lost over the next 5yrs
@chaitanyakumar.bsky.social Reform's policies are “reckless, economically illiterate and dangerous for Britain’s future”
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As of today, homeowners upgrading to a heat pump will no longer have to secure planning permission before they can install them!
Wipes around £500-£1000 off install cost for affected homes and significantly reduces hassle www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hey Iain, sorry to hear it was such a hassle (time and £). Govt are removing requirement for planning permission for heat pumps on the 29th of May (tomorrow). Would you give it another shot?
Stats and captions read "New polling shows Labour voters could turn away if the Warm Homes Plan is scrapped. 48% of Labour voters say insulation promise influenced their vote. 46% of Labour voters say cutting the Warm Homes Plan would further erode trust"
An image of lots of people in graphic form going from large to small. A caption reads "56% of former Labour voters say cutting the Warm Homes Plan would push them further away"
🏚️ 48% of Labour voters say home insulation promises influenced their vote
📉 46% say cutting funding would further erode trust
🚨 56% of voters leaving Labour say it would push them even further away
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Our reliance on expensive gas-fired power plants is bumping up energy costs 💸
New UK research from @adambell.bsky.social estimates that removing gas plants from the wholesale market could save £2bn/ year: with a benefit of £23 per household.
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Great quote @jamesdyson.bsky.social - robbing from the warm homes fund to fund winter fuel payments "is like pouring water into a sieve. The gov must keep its manifesto pledge of £13.2bn for insulation, which will lower people’s bills permanently.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Delivering the Warm Homes Plan shows government understands people's struggle with bills, driving support where people, and government need it most.
82% of the 300 constituencies with the highest rates of fuel poverty had Labour MPs.
Backsliding on home insulation would be a travesty while households struggle with the cost of living, trapped on expensive gas brought to us by despots & oligarchs
Letter from leading social charities & green groups coordinated by @e3g.bsky.social to govt calls on them to uphold £13.2bn manifesto pledge at the June Spending Review
My quote: “Reinstating winter fuel payments means nothing if the government doesn’t keep its promise to fix cold, leaky homes. It’s like pouring water into a sieve. The government must keep its manifesto pledge of £13.2bn for insulation"
Half the homes helped by the last major govt insulation scheme contained a person living with a disability, and 1 in 3 households 65 or over.
Cutting the Warm Homes Plan is a cut to pensioners and people living with a disability, when govt also cuts personal independence payments and winter fuel
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Delivering the Warm Homes Plan shows government understands people's struggle with bills, driving support where people, and government need it most.
82% of the 300 constituencies with the highest rates of fuel poverty had Labour MPs.
Backsliding home insulation would be a travesty while households struggle with the cost of living, trapped on expensive gas brought to us by despots & oligarchs
Letter from leading social charities & green groups coordinated by @e3g.bsky.social to govt calls on them to uphold £13.2bn manifesto pledge at the June Spending Review.
My quote: “Reinstating winter fuel payments means nothing if the government doesn’t keep its promise to fix cold, leaky homes. It’s like pouring water into a sieve. The government must keep its manifesto pledge of £13.2bn for insulation"
