We won't pay for your costly wars!
❌The human cost of war is unbearable
💵The money spent on wars is inexcusable
🌍The climate cost of wars is unsustainable
And now people are expected to put up with increased energy prices too? No chance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZuZ...
📈 Energy bills are still £600 higher than 5 years ago.
But there's one huge chunk of your bill that the government could be cutting right now... 💡
Today's price cap means bills will fall slightly from 1 April... but we're not April fooled.
Let's crunch the numbers:
🥶 Our energy bills are still £600 higher than 5 years ago
💸 Up to £500 of our bill goes to profits
🤔 Labour pledged to bring down bills by £300
Retrofit should mean home improvements and bill savings. That should be guaranteed.
Instead, families are left with damaged homes. Most are still waiting for justice.
It's yet another scandal this government isn't fixing. When will you meet with the victims,
@martinmccluskey.bsky.social?
“It is shocking that the Government is planning to give the energy firms and contractors even more money for ECO4, to help cover up the widespread fraud and failures” - Jonathan Bean, Fuel Poverty Action
ECO schemes let fraudsters run rampant... (1/2)
inews.co.uk/news/500m-po...
Unison North West Retired Members and at FPA demo.
Panel speaking at Worker’s Planet.
Energy For All banner and Unite 4 Energy For All placards.
Fuel Poverty Action at a demo next to a huge Climate Justice = Worker Justice banner. Credit Angela Christofolou / Greenpeace.
💪 @ucu.org.uk becomes the latest union to sign our Manifesto! ✊
#EnergyForAll means cheaper, greener and fairer energy to meet all our basic needs
Fuel Poverty ➡️ Climate Justice issue
Climate Crisis ➡️ Trade Union issue
Get your union branch to support: www.fuelpovertyaction.org.uk/what-you-can...
a graphic saying '63% say they have cut back on essentials because of the cost of living crisis', with some trollies illustrating the proportion.
Almost two thirds of people in the UK have cut back on essentials due to the cost of living. The crisis isn’t over — it’s getting worse.
Today we're launching the Cost of Living Action campaign, calling on the Government to end this crisis and ensure it never happens again.
Big energy's profits & distribution costs drive up bills.
Small scale energy could cut bills by more directly connecting us to lower cost renewables.
Now government must ensure access is fairly distributed so we all benefit from cheap, locally generated energy.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Great to see @luciemheath.bsky.social exposing fraud in the ECO scheme.
Retrofit must build in accountability to residents and bill-saving guarantees. It should prevent, not cause, mould.
@martinmccluskey.bsky.social - will remaining ECO money go to fixing damaged homes?
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We're calling for a public inquiry into this, and a guarantee that all homes will be fixed
Future schemes must build in an energy saving guarantee to ensure it's residents who benefit from retrofit, not cowboys out to make a profit @martinmccluskey.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/thou...
Fuel Poverty Action member Katie on BBC You and Yours bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Katie says, "The contractors were profiteering cowboys and caused havoc to my home leaving me with damage, no heating and no internet.”
Demand justice for Katie and other victims actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
🚨 BREAKING - Parliamentary report calls for Serious Fraud Office investigation on Government retrofitting.
Write to the UK’s Energy Ministers today actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
Demand this Government:
1. Fix damaged homes
2. Compensate victims
3. Invest in skills and training
A real warm homes plan would mean proper accountability to residents and guaranteed bill savings.
A real fuel poverty strategy would meet all of our basic needs through #EnergyForAll
For real action on fuel poverty - join FPA today fuelpovertyaction.org.uk/what-you-can-do/become-a-member/
We need:
1. Funding to fix damaged homes.
2. Independent inspections before money is paid to contractors for all future retrofit work.
Or as Jonathan says, “billions will be wasted, and more homes damaged, due to the lack of skilled workers and poor quality control.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our Oil and War educational session is feeling pretty relevant right now...
🛢️ Fossil fuels keep us unsafe, impoverished and energy poor in an unstable climate. Hear more from great speakers on Fuel For Thought👇
youtu.be/lZuZglJCtF0
Today's #Budget doesn't touch the sides when it comes to fuel poverty.
Our energy bills will still be higher than they were at the election, and 50% higher than in 2020.
We pay £400 of our bill on average towards industry profits.
It's simple: clamp down on profits, bring down our bills.
Don't miss tonight's online event!
Jonathan will be speaking alongside @graceblakeley.substack.com and Sofia Basheer 🤩
They'll discuss how fossil fuel lobbyists keep energy profits & prices high, wages low, and climate action slow. @mp-fossilfree.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/events/power...
"Community energy gives people a real stake in the energy transition. Local organisations can reach households in fuel poverty far more effectively.
"When people see renewables funding local services, the transition becomes owned rather than imposed."
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
🚨 Only 24 hours until the Budget! As our energy bills rise, and extreme weather causes devastation around the world, oil and gas companies shouldn’t get a tax break! 😡
Tell Rachel Reeves to not turn her back on climate and communities 👇
action.greenpeace.org.uk/dont-scrap-t...
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🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
£700 - the amount Ofgem has increased your energy bill since 2020
Ofgem have put up the price cap - and your bills - AGAIN today. 🥶
Labour promised a £300 energy bill saving. Instead, our bills are £700 higher than in 2020.
Millions of us can't afford to turn on the heating. We need a system that recognises that energy is essential to life: #EnergyForAll
Let's talk about how after £billion-pound splurges on military and dirty energy, and record energy profits, the government is planning tax rises and spending cuts for working people?!
On our online political education session, this Thursday Nov 20 @6.30PM.
RSVP 👇
actionnetwork.org/events/fuel-...
Let's talk about how after £billion-pound splurges on military and dirty energy, and record energy profits, the government is planning tax rises and spending cuts for working people?!
On our online political education session, this Thursday Nov 20 @6.30PM.
RSVP 👇
actionnetwork.org/events/fuel-...
This is damning.
🤑Energy companies have made £125 BILLION in profits while we've struggled to heat our homes, latest @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social figures show
Time to:
❌ cut killer profits
💡 fund a free basic energy allowance #EnergyForAll
A graphic announcing that Jonathan Bean, Parliament & Policy Lead for the organisation Fuel Poverty Action, will be speaking at Fossil Free Parliament's event "Powered by polluters?" online on 26th November, from 6 to 7pm. The graphic features a picture of Jonathan holding a sign for Fuel Poverty Action's campaign "Energy For All".
🤔 Does fossil fuel lobbying have an impact on our energy bills..?
Find this out and more from the second brilliant speaker – Jonathan Bean, Parliament & Policy Lead, @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social – at *Powered by polluters?*
🙌 Sign up here: bit.ly/powered-poll...
I hosted a drop-in event in Parliament with @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social to discuss the serious concerns regarding the ECO4 scheme.
I’ve heard from several people in North East Fife who’ve had deeply frustrating experiences with ECO4 and faced real challenges in securing fair compensation.
“We need a bigger investment in retrofit skills and quality control, not a budget cut that ends up in the pockets of the oil and gas giants.” - Jonathan Bean
FPA quoted 👇
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/chan...
BREAKING 🚨: @zackpolanski.bsky.social has joined 250+ organisations calling on Keir Starmer to reject the controversial Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank is a defining test of this government’s credibility on climate change. They must reject this disaster project.
BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year.
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...
#MakeRichPollutersPay
£4 billion profits - that's enough for each household to save £143 on their energy bills.
Labour promised to bring our bills down, instead they've gone UP.
Its simple:
Reform Ofgem. Cut eye-watering profits. Prevent people going cold this winter.
www.mirror.co.uk/money/demand...
