We are pleased to announce that Mencap has joined the Energy Bill Revolution alliance, for warm homes and lower bills. Mencap is the leading voice of learning disability – valuing and supporting people with a learning disability, and their families and carers.
The Energy Bill Revolution is calling on the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make our homes super-energy efficient. This is the only permanent way to drive down energy bills and end fuel poverty.
From next year the Government will be collecting over £2 billion in carbon tax every year, rising to £4 billion by 2020 and £7 billion by 2027. Recycled back into energy efficiency programmes, this would be enough to super-insulate more than 600,000 homes a year, bringing 9 out of 10 homes out of fuel poverty. It could also quadruple carbon emission savings from households compared to the government’s new energy efficiency policies and create up to 200,000 more jobs – exactly what we need to support the UK’s economic recovery.
Director of External Relations & Communities, Alison Cowan, said:
“We are joining the campaign because people with a learning disability are at greater risk of fuel poverty than non-disabled people and face many extra costs related to their disability – including heating. We have to take action to end this unacceptable hardship, and ensure everyone, whether disabled or not, lives in a warm home that keeps them and their family healthy and comfortable.”
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