On power this idea of just letting those on low incomes have a cheap tarrif seems at first glance a great idea **except** it does nothing to fix the real issue of uninsulated housing
If you upgrade the housing stock (very expensive) to meet passive house standards then you eliminate fuel poverty at the same time – as if you are spending zero, or close to zero on your fuel then it is impossible to be spending more than 10% of your income on fuel.
to spell it out – if your fuel bill is £10 per month you’d have to be getting less than £100 per month to be in fuel poverty
Rather than a social tariff, the green levies should be reintroduced for higher consumers – if you are heating a swimming pool you can pay a LOT more. And use that money to insulate houses.
Does nothing to help their Donors, Off-shored Private Equity Companies or Tax Avoiders/Evaders, them and their City mates, so both the Red and Blue Tories will ignore any such proposal put forward at Westminister.
What about everyone else? What about people in poverty or people who are on benefits? What about single parent households?
Why is everyone targeting the pensioners this election? Why do none of them care about anyone under 66?
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[social tariffs for broadband exist](https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/saving-money/social-tariffs/)
On power this idea of just letting those on low incomes have a cheap tarrif seems at first glance a great idea **except** it does nothing to fix the real issue of uninsulated housing
If you upgrade the housing stock (very expensive) to meet passive house standards then you eliminate fuel poverty at the same time – as if you are spending zero, or close to zero on your fuel then it is impossible to be spending more than 10% of your income on fuel.
to spell it out – if your fuel bill is £10 per month you’d have to be getting less than £100 per month to be in fuel poverty
Rather than a social tariff, the green levies should be reintroduced for higher consumers – if you are heating a swimming pool you can pay a LOT more. And use that money to insulate houses.
Does nothing to help their Donors, Off-shored Private Equity Companies or Tax Avoiders/Evaders, them and their City mates, so both the Red and Blue Tories will ignore any such proposal put forward at Westminister.
What about everyone else? What about people in poverty or people who are on benefits? What about single parent households?
Why is everyone targeting the pensioners this election? Why do none of them care about anyone under 66?