Raiding the Warm Homes Plan budget would break a manifesto promise. When we last did polling on this issue, 48% of Labour voters said the pledge to upgrade cold homes was a factor in their vote. Cutting the Plan could lead to higher bills for longer and voters will see it as a betrayal.

Jess Shankleman @jessshankleman.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: The UK is considering cuts to its £15bn Warm Homes Plan, just months after it was launched to upgrade millions of homes. CCS and hydrogen are also under scrutiny. With @oliviarudgard.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ofgem's price cap is rising today, but experts predict the worst is yet to come. All the while we stay hooked to volatile fossil fuel markets, UK households will be stuck with high energy bills, while energy giants take home billions in profit.

As households suffer in energy debt, The likes of Shell and BP rake in record profits.

End Fuel Poverty Coalition@endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Figures published in the Express today reveal for the first time that 80,832 single pensioner households and 29,219 pensioner couple households are in debt to their energy firm. Suffering at one end of the energy system. Record profits at the other. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

🚨Wildfires in Scotland, England, Wales, France and Spain caused by extreme heat. 🏥 Over 2,700 heat deaths in England and Wales this year. 💷 Homes that people can’t afford to keep cool during heatwaves. #EndFuelPoverty #Wildfire [1/2]

Up early to chat energy bills and industry profits with @news.sky.com. Thanks to @leahboleto.bsky.social, Anna Jones and the team for having me on. More on what i said at @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social

And what does the results report say about the fines levied on the firm by Ofgem as the result of the pre-payment meters scandal? “It remains the case that no impact is expected to 2026 financial guidance as a result of this matter.” [p7]

End Fuel Poverty Coalition@endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📈Centrica has posted a further £497 million to its adjusted profits, taking the total made by British Gas and its successor company since privatisation in 1986 to more than £56 billion. #EndFuelPoverty #EnergyBills [1/5]

We see you in the House of Lords…

End Fuel Poverty Coalition@endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🗣️While households across the UK face the 13% price cap rise, some members of the House of Lords have seen their oil and gas shareholdings grow. The very people responsible for scrutinising energy laws are potentially profiting from the crisis it has failed to prevent. [1/3]

We talk about people in debt burying their heads in the sand... but it's the government that's burying its head over the sheer scale of debt in the country. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

UK energy debt crisis deepens for millions ahead of price cap rise

13 per cent of those in debt or concerned about missing payments owed money to ‘someone who makes them feel scared’

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Energy firms made £3bn profit in 3 months. Meanwhile 1 in 4 people in energy arrears are borrowing from people who make them feel scared just to keep the lights on. New research out today exposes the human cost of the energy debt crisis. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/energy-debt-...

Energy debt fears plaguing UK households as industry profits rise

Energy industry profits hit £3 billion in three months. Meanwhile, nearly a third of UK adults are struggling with energy debt.

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Tony Blair’s growing oil extremism: Feb 25: Green jobs “overstated” Apr 25: Phasing out fossil fuels “doomed” Oct 25: Clean Power “driving up costs” Feb 26: Called for new North Sea drilling Apr 26: Urged govt to back Rosebank May 26: “Drain every drop” of oil www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tony Blair Institute continued taking money from Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi murder

Blair defends continuing partnership with kingdom despite ‘anxieties’ after 2018 assassination of journalist

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Thanks @lbc.co.uk for letting me have my say on the price cap rise today. The next energy bill crisis starts on 1 July and households need short and long-term support to be ready. www.lbc.co.uk/article/ener...

This is why your energy bill just went up – and why Government needs to act now | LBC

Waiting until September to confirm support promises a summer of suspense that vulnerable households cannot afford, writes fuel poverty campaigner Simon Francis

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The UK just broke its hottest ever May temperature record. With warnings of more extreme weather to come in the future, we need coordinated action to upgrade homes for all seasons, not just winter. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/record-may-h...

Record May heat reveals homes that cannot afford to keep cool

As parts of the UK enjoyed a bank holiday Monday, temperatures in England broke meteorological records. The UK has recorded its all-time hottest May temperature, with Heathrow hitting 33.5C on the Ban...

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🚨 BREAKING: Streeting would lose leadership contest against Keir Starmer, poll reveals labourlist.org/2026/05/labo...

Streeting would lose leadership contest against Keir Starmer, poll reveals – LabourList

Wes Streeting would lose a leadership contest against Keir Starmer in a landslide result, according to exclusive polling by LabourList. With the party seemingly on…

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As Westminster descends into chaos, the energy bills crisis will not wait, and neither can the households depending on the Government to act. In less than 2 weeks, households will learn how much their energy bills will increase. Ministers must set aside the power struggle and stay focussed.

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 5mo ago

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigns, says he has lost confidence in PM's leadership after pledging loyalty. He shouldn't be allowed to become PM without a proper contest and policies. Streeting has thrived on corporate money, handed NHS contracts to private equity, pushed Labour to the right

Initial read of the Kings Speech In: Warm Homes Agency, £90/yr RO saving, Ofgem reform, clean power planning, electricity pricing reforms, no new oil & gas. Not in: social tariff, forced PPM ban, fuel poverty targets, energy debt, Warm Homes Guarantee. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/kings-speech...

King’s Speech outlines three energy Bills due to be debated by MPs

Today’s King’s Speech [detail in this pdf] confirmed the introduction of an Energy Independence Bill, covering three broad areas: tackling energy affordability, accelerating energy security, and manag...

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In 15 days time households will learn how much their energy bills will increase by from 1 July. The Government should be working on a package of support for vulnerable households and those in energy debt now, while urgently reforming electricity prices to bring down costs for everyone.

🗳️Energy bills were voters' single biggest cost of living concern ahead of last week's elections across England, Scotland and Wales, cited by around 62% in each nation, new polling shows. The results reflect a real demand for action that has been far too slow to happen. [1/2]

Energy bills were voters’ number one cost of living concern going into elections across England, Scotland and Wales. Governments must hold the line on the Windfall Tax, protect households from July’s bill rise & end our over-reliance on expensive oil & gas. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/cost-of-livi...

Cost of living topped list of voters’ concerns going into elections

New polling from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), conducted by More in Common in the days before the elections, reveals that the cost of living crisis was the dominant concern for vote...

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74% of the public say profiteering from the war is morally wrong. Yet some politicians and lobbyists are still trying to get the Windfall Tax cancelled.

End Fuel Poverty Coalition@endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The numbers are in. Energy firms posted over £26.2bn in global war profits in Q1 2026. Around £3bn came from their UK operations alone, which is the equivalent to £102 for every household in the country. 📷 @greenpeace.org [1/3]

The forced pre-payment meter scandal sent shockwaves through the energy industry. Three years on, the fallout has still not ended. The Energy Independence Bill must change this. www.thetimes.com/article/f192...

Ed Miliband’s department backs blind approvals to force-fit meters

Warrants for prepayment devices waved through by judges in system that campaigners argue puts vulnerable households at risk

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Reform’s anti-net zero stance is out of step with its own potential voters. 64% back wind. 66% back solar. 58% want home tech to cut their bills. New polling.

End Fuel Poverty Coalition@endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📊 New polling shows majorities of voters across all main parties either already have technology to reduce their energy use, or say rising prices have made them more likely to want it. ➡️ Labour voters lead on 67%, followed by Lib Dems (65%), Greens (61%), Reform (58%) and Conservatives (55%). [1/2]

And today, BP announce that their profits have doubled year on year thanks to the Middle East Conflict. The politicians / commentators calling for an end to the Windfall Tax seem quiet today?

End Fuel Poverty Coalition@endfuelpoverty.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We asked the public what they think of energy companies posting over £23 billion in profits in 2025 while millions struggle to pay their bills. 🎬Watch the film below👇 📰 Full story: www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/energy-profi... 📰 Mirror article: www.mirror.co.uk/money/energy... #EnergyBills

🗣️Despite intense lobbying from the oil and gas industry to have the Windfall Tax removed, the public backs keeping it, with 53% saying scrapping it now would be wrong and just 22% disagreeing. That support is a majority across every party and every part of the country. [1/2]

Just read the BBC report on what happened. Forced to ride on with a broken back. Horrific.

League Against Cruel Sports@leagueacs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The first horse, Gold Dancer, has died at this year’s Aintree Festival after a fatal injury - bringing renewed scrutiny to the event. Since 2000, 68 horses have died at Aintree, with 17 horses dying after racing in the Grand National.

History is repeating itself as soaring oil and gas prices leave households facing huge energy bills while the energy industry makes huge profits. 📝Sign the petition to demand higher taxes on companies profiteering from this crisis you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra... #EndFuelPoverty

🚨NEW: The Energy Rich List While households face an 18% bill rise this July, energy bosses have been pocketing millions from the Middle East conflict. 📈One CEO added £44.5 MILLION to their personal fortune in a single month.

I hope this kickstarts a creativity contest in hustings empty chairing during this election… www.heraldscotland.com/news/2597095...

Scottish Tories replaced by stuffed toy at hustings event

A stuffed toy representing “one of Scotland’s missing species” was used to stand in for missing Scottish Conservatives at a recent Holyrood…

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🚨1.7 million heating oil and LPG customers in the UK are already facing a Trump Tax on their energy bills. From 1st July millions more British households will also face increases in energy bills due to rising global oil and gas prices, caused by the conflict in the Middle East. [1/2]

Households will face what amounts to a ‘Trump Tax’ on their energy bills as a result of the current conflict in the Middle East. Gas and oil prices have surged to fresh highs. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/households-f...

Households face a fresh energy bill threat as gas prices hit three-year high

Households will face what amounts to a ‘Trump Tax’ on their energy bills as a result of the current conflict in the Middle East.

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Ministers are set to fast-track a project to target energy bill support at lower-income households, as analysts say bills are set to reach £2,000 to £2,500 in July. In @theipaper.com w @eleanormia.bsky.social +🗨️ from @sifrancis.bsky.social @nea.org.uk @theifs.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Household energy bills could hit £2,500 in July - here's who will have them cut

Ministers are looking at ways to make it easier to bring in targeted energy support for low-income households

inews.co.uk