Committee recommendations could help avert looming cold homes crisis this winter
Simon Francis, coordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, which is part of the Warm This Winter campaign and who was one of the experts called to give evidence to the Committee, commented:
“This is a welcome report full of practical recommendations that could help avert the looming cold homes crisis this winter.
“We’re disappointed there is nothing specific in the report to help the millions of households in debt to their energy firms and who are running just to stand still with their payments. Frontline charities have recently backed proposals sent to ministers to introduce a “Help to Repay” scheme to tackle the growing mountain of energy debt.
“But the big elephant in the room is if the Government will listen to the eminently sensible suggestions from MPs and take urgent action to keep people warm this winter.”
Recently the End Fuel Poverty Coalition wrote to the new Secretary of State to issue a warning about the risks of the winter ahead and to offer additional suggestions to help tackle fuel poverty in the short and long term
