The next blog published in our affordability series is written by Olu Emmanuel and looks at how energy affordability is impacting disabled people.

Household bills are unmanageable for many of us in the UK and 1 in 4 households struggle to reliably afford their energy bills. Our call for a targeted bill support programme better helps households to afford their energy bills. Without it, they face impossible decisions between heating & eating

Citizens Advice@citizensadvice.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The living standards crisis will worsen without urgent action. Targeted bill support is needed. For energy alone, it could save 5.6 million households an average of £360 a year. The government and suppliers must act now to stop people spiralling into debt.

Citizens Advice's newest blog, written by @ella-sw.bsky.social explores the 'warmth gap' - highlighting the key findings from our survey and what the Government needs to do to better protect households from the cold ❄️ 👇

@ella-sw.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Our new blog explores a growing 'warmth gap' — rising costs and record energy debt mean too many households are faced with impossible choices. The Government needs to act now to ensure families can stay warm this winter and in winters to come. wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/the-warmth-g...

At @mindcharity.bsky.social we’ve been working to improve Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) so that it provides a real safety net for people when they are unwell

Great speech by Imran Hussain MP calling on the Government to protect employees from financial hardship by increasing the rate of Statutory Sick Pay and to ensure that no employees see a cut to their sick pay

At @mindcharity.bsky.social we’re joining @progressivechange.bsky.social to call on the Prime Minister to reform sick pay so that it provides a real safety net for workers and doesn’t force people into poverty when they are unwell

Statutory Sick Pay is inadequate - at around just £3 an hour it forces people into debt, pushes them into poverty and can make them leave their job. Mind and the Safe Sick Pay Coalition call on the government to fix this - join the fight and write to your MP actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Tell your MP to raise sick pay!

We should all have the right to take time off sick, yet thousands of people cannot afford to do so, even when recovering from serious illness and injury. The legal minimum for sick pay is £3 an hour -...

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The Centre for Progressive Change@progressivechange.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 Today's our national day of action on #SafeSickPay! 📣 We're united with workers, health groups, charities and businesses across the UK urgently calling on the Government to raise Statutory #SickPay. ❗ We've only a few weeks until MPs debate Sick Pay. Write to them here: https://buff.ly/4hJQMTS