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No child should be left in the cold by rising fuel bills
"I worry I can’t put the heating on like everybody else can," says Ness, mum to Joe, five, and Wesley, six. "Some weeks we can’t top up the electric, only the gas. The house gets cold."
This winter, hundreds of thousands of children like Joe and Wesley could be left in the cold because of rising energy costs.
No child should have to wear hats, scarves and gloves in their homes to keep warm.
No child should have their health put at risk because their families simply can’t afford basics like heating.
It’s time for the big energy companies to do their bit.
Help beat fuel poverty. Sign our petition now.
We’re calling for:
- energy providers to give the poorest families with children under five in the UK the Warm Home Discount (a payment of £120 a year). Families with young children who are on low incomes should get this as a priority.
- energy providers to make sure the poorest families get the cheaper tariffs. It’s not right that poorer families often pay more for their energy because they can’t get the best deals.
- the government to recognise that boosting the incomes of the poorest families is still crucial to its anti-poverty strategy.
- the government to do more too, helping families insulate their homes and make them more energy efficient, reducing bills so they can afford to keep warm.