The Energy Bill Revolution

 Burning Cash to keep warm outside parliament - EnergyBillRevolution

 

Millions of British families could stop paying their gas bill today and not pay a penny more for gas to their energy company until next winter, if only their homes were made properly energy efficient, according to new research. Read more

A report released today by the Energy Bill Revolution has revealed Treasury hypocrisy over financial support for the energy sector. It reveals that although the Treasury has so far refused to recycle carbon tax to help households reduce their energy bills by making them more energy efficient, it allows other taxes to be recycled to support renewable energy and fracking for gas. Using carbon tax to make homes highly energy efficient is a demand of the Energy Bill Revolution, an alliance of almost 200 major UK charities, businesses, unions, consumer and health groups.  It is the biggest fuel poverty coalition in the world. Read more

·         225,000 more children in cold homes than in 2011

·         Half of Britons cut back on school equipment, clothing, or food for the family in order to pay for heating

·         Cold Homes Week (3^rd – 7^th Feb), a week of action involving over 100 organisations, will pile pressure on the Government to invest in home insulation

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We are pleased to announce that Ashden, home of the prestigious Ashden Awards, has joined the Energy Bill Revolution alliance, calling for warm homes and lower bills.