Who is Fuel Poor?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Who is Fuel Poor?

AU - Bradshaw, J

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - By June 2008, the domestic fuel commodity price index had increased by 51 per cent from 2005, more than five times the rate of general inflation. The energy companies have warned that prices will rise again - by between a quarter and a third this winter. Harriet Harman told us that she had spent her week as Acting Prime Minister working on a package of measures to increase the level of investment in energy-saving schemes in low-income housing and exploring other ways to tackle fuel poverty. Here, Jonathan Bradshaw asks who the Government should be targeting.

AB - By June 2008, the domestic fuel commodity price index had increased by 51 per cent from 2005, more than five times the rate of general inflation. The energy companies have warned that prices will rise again - by between a quarter and a third this winter. Harriet Harman told us that she had spent her week as Acting Prime Minister working on a package of measures to increase the level of investment in energy-saving schemes in low-income housing and exploring other ways to tackle fuel poverty. Here, Jonathan Bradshaw asks who the Government should be targeting.

KW - social exclusion, income, poverty

M3 - Article

SP - 9

EP - 11

JO - Poverty

JF - Poverty

IS - 131

ER -