The #birmingham_mail on proposed improvements* to the #UK #Cold #Weather #Payment ❄️🌨️ - news article 📰 link: www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of...

* these improvements mentioned in a @uk.theconversation.com article I co-wrote with @tinafawcett.bsky.social #Brenda_Boardman @ecioxford.bsky.social

#daily_express discussing our* research on the #UK #Cold #Weather #Payment ❄️🌨️ - news article 📰 link: www.express.co.uk/finance/pers...

* this Daily Express article refers to a @uk.theconversation.com article that I co-wrote with #Tina_Fawcett & #Brenda_Boardman @ecioxford.bsky.social @nea.org.uk

Important point from @ecioxford.bsky.social’s #brenda_boardman and @tinafawcett.bsky.social: cold weather payments need to arrive before freezing temperatures to prevent going without adequate heating. ⬇️

How the UK’s cold weather payments need to change to help prevent people freezing in winter The cold weather payment is important but needs to be made in advance of freezing temperatures.

In a recent @uk.theconversation.com article we* explain how insights from #smart_meter data can inform the re-design of #energy_policy, using #Cold_Weather_Payment as an example.

* we @tinafawcett.bsky.social #Brenda_Boardman and I drew upon two studies (below)

theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...