Expert views
Commentary submitted by Simon Francis in their own words.
Back to profileCold weather payments due for hundreds of thousands more people
This system is failing the very people it is meant to protect.
Shona Robison promises brighter future with Holyrood Budget
We need a step change, not business as usual.
No gas boiler levy in warm homes plan, says Miliband
These sort of changes would deliver lower energy bills and a fairer energy system for everyone.
Aberdeen MSP sends P45 to Starmer over predicted loss of oil and gas jobs
It would be perverse to axe the Energy Profits Levy while people still need help to pay heating costs, get out of energy debt and upgrade homes.
Household energy bills to rise after watchdog approves £28bn investment
These vast sums of essentially public money must come with proper scrutiny and guarantees for consumers.
Households to get £150 bill cut as energy efficiency scheme scrapped
No one can warm their home with Budget headlines, and the Chancellor’s statement also highlights the scale of the challenge.
Household energy bills to rise by 0.2% from January
We need long-term investment in energy efficiency, not short-term thinking.
UK inflation falls to four-month low after energy price hikes ease
Despite the figures, this is no time for complacency on the cost of living crisis.
Government must tackle high electricity prices in Budget, industry experts say
The Budget is the moment for government to act.
Heat pump subsidies expanded to include clean tech that both heats and cools
The government’s Warm Homes Plan and fuel poverty strategies need to be published without any further delay.
Limiting heat pump subsidies would be ‘sledgehammer’ to sector, experts warn
The government should be standing up for people, not corporations.
Winter fuel payment scam warning for pensioners as payments start being made
We still need long-term solutions to the energy bills crisis which is now entering its fifth winter.