The Problem
Soaring gas prices are causing misery for millions across the UK. The average energy bill has almost doubled since October 2021 and analysts predict bills won't fall below pre-COVID levels until at least the end of the decade.
The energy crisis has made one thing clear: our housing stock and energy systems are broken. Without rapid, meaningful action, we’ll face continuous hardship. That’s why United for Warm Homes is calling for these 3 solutions:
Working towards solutions
The United for Warm Homes Campaign asks groups like us, Gosport and Fareham Friends of the Earth, to work with groups including and beyond climate and green groups to groups with common cause such as food banks, housing groups, faith groups etc.
See https://unitedforwarmhomes.uk/ or contact us, [email protected] , if you'd like to know more or join this campaign.
Soaring gas prices are causing misery for millions across the UK. The average energy bill has almost doubled since October 2021 and analysts predict bills won't fall below pre-COVID levels until at least the end of the decade.
The energy crisis has made one thing clear: our housing stock and energy systems are broken. Without rapid, meaningful action, we’ll face continuous hardship. That’s why United for Warm Homes is calling for these 3 solutions:
- Urgent support for people dealing with sky-high energy bills. Millions of people are struggling with soaring bills and the rising cost of living. Even with the government's price freeze, the average energy bill has almost doubled in 12 months, leaving people facing impossible choices between staying warm and putting food on the table. Far more help is needed - through price guarantees, targeted extra payments, and fair energy pricing. The government must ensure everyone can afford the energy they need to keep their homes warm.
- A new emergency programme to insulate our heat-leaking homes. Upgrading our homes with insulation is the cheapest and easiest way to permanently reduce our bills and cut emissions. We’re calling on the government to roll out a rapid, street-by-street insulation programme, coordinated by councils. This should start with the neighbourhoods hardest hit by the crisis and be provided free of charge in areas where people are living on low incomes. This must be followed with deeper measures to upgrade our homes to ensure they are cheaper and greener to heat by 2030.
- An energy system powered by cheap, green renewables. To end the need for expensive and polluting gas in the long term, we must move to a homegrown, renewable energy system. This will require fitting millions of homes with modern electric-powered heat pumps and a rapid expansion of onshore wind and solar power across the UK, as well as our vast offshore renewable resources.
Working towards solutions
The United for Warm Homes Campaign asks groups like us, Gosport and Fareham Friends of the Earth, to work with groups including and beyond climate and green groups to groups with common cause such as food banks, housing groups, faith groups etc.
See https://unitedforwarmhomes.uk/ or contact us, [email protected] , if you'd like to know more or join this campaign.
