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Cold at home polling briefing, Feb 2025.pdf

about each of the following?’ • Nearly half (48%) of pensioners were worried about ‘Being able to heat my home when I want to.’ • 44% were worried about ‘The impact of energy prices on my health.’ Concerningly ... said recently they or a member of their household had to ‘Cut back on heating or powering your home (e.g. turning off your boiler, heating your home less or turning off lights or appliances more than usual)

Age UK Parliamentary Briefing - Closing the fuel poverty gap (Sept 2025).pdf

I had to resort to staying in bed all day many times last winter due to the excessive cost of my heating, and the cost-of-living crisis." - An anonymous disabled person We already know that life costs ... cut back on heating their home. This can have real consequences for those living with age-associated health conditions: “I have a bone wasting disorder and not being able to use my heating as much as

Energy (March 2022).pdf

of consumers. Introduction Age UK is committed to ensuring older people feel able to sufficiently heat and power their homes. Fuel poor older households are some of the most vulnerable in the energy market ... needed to ensure older people struggling on a low fixed income have sufficient support to meet their heating needs. Key issues In England, someone is determined to be in fuel poverty if their income is below

Age UK Parliamentary Briefing - Energy Social Tariff, May 2023.pdf

The Government must plan now and introduce an energy social tariff to protect those struggling to heat and power their homes. While extending the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) until the end of June is ... poverty1 rates have got worse as prices are double what they were two years ago and the additional £400 the Government delivered has ended. 900,000 more older households are now in fuel poverty compared

Age UK - The Cost of Cold - Non-MP Version.pdf

Age UK - Energy price cap operating cost and debt allowances consultation.pdf

Consultation Response Energy price cap operating cost and debt allowances Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) February 2025 dion.tickner@ageuk.org.uk All rights reserved. Third parties ... 17 Crosswall, London, EC3N 2LB. 2 About this consultation Ofgem is reviewing operating cost allowances for the first time since the energy price cap was introduced in 2019. Operating costs cover an

2024_Oct_Consequences of the freeze in the Income Tax Allowance on State Pension amounts_v1 [final].pdf

Manager Page 1 of 13 Research Note: Consequences of the freeze in the income tax personal allowance on State Pension amounts October 2024 Author: Vinal K Karania, Senior Research Manager Page ... then Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in his Budget 2021 speech4 that “income tax personal allowance…[will] increase…next year to £12,570, but we will then keep it at this more generous level until

Summary of findings from Age UK’s survey of disabled older people who receive Attendance Allowance - Sep 16 (PDF)

receive Attendance Allowance September 2016 Introduction The Government is asking for views on transferring support currently provided to disabled older people through Attendance Allowance (AA) to councils ... Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and published in 2010 looked at AA and Disability Living Allowance (DLA), and concluded: Findings showed a wide range of ways in which DLA and AA are currently enabling

Consultation response - Phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating in homes off the gas grid, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.pdf

Consultation Response Phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating in homes off the gas grid. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) January 2022 Contact: david.southgate@ageuk ... Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has put forward proposals for phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating systems in homes off the gas grid from 2026. Key points and recommendations • With 4 million homes

Estimating the number of off-gass grid homes in England using alternative fuels for heating that are eligible for the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG), November 2022.pdf

Research Note: Estimating the number of off-gas grid homes in England using alternative fuels for heating that are eligible for the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) November 2022 Author: Vinal K ... as their main fuel for heating. Alternative fuels for heating include heating oil, house coal, smokeless fuel, wood, propane, bulk LPG, community heating from boilers/CHP/waste heat and anthracite nuts.