Green Options » fuel bills http://greenoptions.com/tag/fuel-bills Posts tagged 'fuel bills' Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Poor People are Colder though they Pay More for Fuel http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/13/poor-people-are-colder-though-they-pay-more-for-fuel/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/13/poor-people-are-colder-though-they-pay-more-for-fuel/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:45:27 +0000 Kay Sexton http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/13/poor-people-are-colder-though-they-pay-more-for-fuel/ cold houses
The most recent figures are grim. One in six British families live in fuel poverty. It doesn’t sound so terrible, but it actually means that for those families, one tenth of everything they earn goes to energy bills.

‘Heat or Eat’ Dilemma for Poorest

And for a small proportion of the 4.4 million involved, the decision is the stark one of ‘eat or heat’ as they can’t afford to do both. The elderly and very young, and people who are disabled or have chronic illnesses are particularly at risk.

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