Fuel Poverty Awareness Day has the SNP and Liberal Democrats demand the UK government vastly ups its game as new figures from National Energy Action (NEA) show that 1.2 million Scottish households are living in fuel poverty. The SNP says the NEA numbers show 34 per cent – around 850,000 of households – in Scotland are currently living in fuel poverty while 23 per cent – or over half a million are living in extreme fuel poverty. The SNP’s energy spokesperson, Dave Doogan MP said: "Scotland is an energy rich country with natural resources in abundance. It is, therefore, horrifying that 850,000 Scottish households are living in fuel poverty. "Rural areas on the whole have less energy efficient housing than the rest of Scotland.

Source: The Times December 03, 2023 20:02 UTC