We are pleased to announce that Shaw Trust has joined the Energy Bill Revolution alliance, for warm homes and lower bills. Shaw Trust is a national charity which supports disabled and disadvantaged people to prepare for work, find jobs and live more independently.
The Energy Bill Revolution is calling on the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make our homes super-energy efficient. This is the only permanent way to drive down energy bills and end fuel poverty.
From next year the Government will be collecting over £2 billion in carbon tax every year, rising to £4 billion by 2020 and £7 billion by 2027. Recycled back into energy efficiency programmes, this would be enough to super-insulate more than 600,000 homes a year, bringing 9 out of 10 homes out of fuel poverty. It could also quadruple carbon emission savings from households compared to the government’s new energy efficiency policies and create up to 200,000 more jobs – exactly what we need to support the UK’s economic recovery.
The Shaw Trust’s Director of New Business, Isobel Brown, said:
“Shaw Trust has worked for over thirty years to support disabled and disadvantaged people into employment. For many clients furthest from the labour market, even the fantastic success of getting into work doesn’t mean they can escape fuel poverty. We’re pleased to support this campaign as a way of supporting more people live independent lives.”
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