- Target:
- Downing Street
- Region:
- United Kingdom
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has revealed that more than a fifth of all households in the UK were affected by fuel poverty in 2009.
According to the DECC, higher fuel bills led to the number of homes affected increased by one million, to 5.5 million.
A household is categorised as being in fuel poverty when it is required to spend more than ten per cent of its income on keeping warm.
The numbers for 2010 and 2011, the DECC observed, will have increased because of further rises in the price of energy.
Pensioners and low income households continue to suffer due to rising energy prices, with very little help from the Government to help combat the struggle.
Many pensioners and low income earners are scared to turn on their heat as they can't afford to pay their bills.
It's time the Government did something to properly combat the extreme rises that the energy companies continue to dole out to ALL households.
You can further help this campaign by sponsoring it
The STOP RISING ENERGY PRICES petition to Downing Street was written by karen and is in the category Miscellaneous at GoPetition.