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The Fuel Poverty Crisis

CAN Training Day Conference 5 January 2014 Jenny Holland Head of Parliamentary Team, ACE jenny@ukace.org. The Fuel Poverty Crisis. 6.59 million UK households in fuel poverty in 2014. 1.9 m children in fuel poverty in England. Twice the risk of respiratory diseases.

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The Fuel Poverty Crisis

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  1. Association for the Conservation of Energy CAN Training Day Conference5 January 2014Jenny HollandHead of Parliamentary Team, ACEjenny@ukace.org

  2. The Fuel Poverty Crisis 6.59million UK households in fuel poverty in 2014

  3. 1.9 m children in fuel povertyin England Twice the risk of respiratory diseases Quadruple the risk of mental health problems

  4. Children in fuel poverty in UK Netmums Survey – 1 in 4 members choosing between heating and eating

  5. Elderly in fuel poverty in UK 31,000 Excess Winter Deaths last winter: 29% up on previous year One person dying every 6 minutes from the cold

  6. Rising Energy Bills Energy bills have more than doubled since 2005

  7. UK : bottom of Western Europe Fuel Poverty League Table

  8. The Cause: The woeful state of Britain’s homes

  9. Poor energy performance = high risk of fuel poverty

  10. Climate change: homes 25% of carbon emissions

  11. The long-term solution Massive improvement in energy performance

  12. UK : funding reduced for fuel poor Government tells Energy & Climate Change Select Committee: “Neither the Government’s commitment to fuel poverty nor the spending directed towards it has diminished. Spending will, in fact, be higher in 2014/15 than it was in 2009/10.”

  13. UK : funding reduced for fuel poor NOT TRUE! Income support for fuel poor cut by 28% Energy efficiency support for fuel poor reduced by 20% in 2014/15 Warm Front axed last year - only Exchequer-funded energy efficiency programme Just £1 in every £6.50 of Government spending goes on making homes energy efficient

  14. The Ask To use carbon revenues massively to improve energy performance of our homes Association for the Conservation of Energy 14

  15. The Carbon Revenue Prize £60 Billion Enough to hugely improve 9 million homes

  16. The long term revenue stream Carbon revenues grow from £2 billion to £8 billion per year over 15 years

  17. What could we achieve in a fuel poor home? 17

  18. The Impact: 2015-2025 9 million homes fuel poverty-proofed Quadrupled carbon savings Generation of 128,000 jobs

  19. Biggest Fuel Poverty Alliance Ever Created in UK

  20. Public Meetings Across UK

  21. Media Coverage • Generating more • media coverage • every • month

  22. The macro-economic case Cambridge Econometrics: Economic Impacts Short term investment stimulus generates up to 71,000 jobs in 2015 boosts economic output more than VAT cuts, fuel duty reductions and government spending Best for growth Long term economic gains Up to 128,000 jobs in 2027 Lower gas imports extra domestic spending Best for growth

  23. Political Support Grows 209 MPs in support Third most supported petition in Parliament out of 1330 Liberal Democrats adopt as official party policy Labour getting warmer

  24. Target: Manifesto Commitments

  25. Re-building Homes: The Number 1 Infrastructure Priority

  26. Go to www.energybillrevolution.org and get involved! Cold Homes Week, 3-7 February

  27. Cold Homes Week, 3-7 February • Get tweeting – using #ColdHomesWeekhashtag • Email your MP via energybillrevolution.org • Show your support with a selfie in a scarf – via Twitter or Facebook or to bryn@energybillrevolution.org

  28. www.energybillrevolution.org

  29. www.energybillrevolution.org Together we can end the scourge of fuel poverty and make warm homes affordable for everyone THANK YOU

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