Campaign group the End Fuel Poverty Coalition has launched a manifesto to end the injustice of households struggling to pay their utility bills, despite being in work.
Green Party candidate for Stoke-On-Trent Central Adam Colclough has endorsed their campaign, saying ‘it is vital that we address the injustice of fuel poverty as a matter of priority’, adding ‘the current situation is ruining the health and wellbeing of vulnerable people’.
The End Fuel Poverty Coalition is made up of twenty organisations that campaign against poverty, including charities, health groups and trades unions.
Their manifesto calls of the government to make improving energy efficiency and addressing fuel poverty a national infrastructure priority, improve the standard of rented accommodation, reform the domestic energy market and end the benefits freeze.
Fuel poverty is caused by a combination of low incomes, high utility costs and poor energy efficiency.
Ruth London of Fuel Poverty Action said ‘addressing fuel poverty is a crucial part of meeting its carbon reduction targets’.
Adam Colclough said: ‘there is evidence from multiple sources, including respected think tanks such as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that fuel poverty is hugely damaging to families, individuals and the wider community. Any government coming into office on 13th December needs to act to address this issue as a matter of priority.’
Monday 18 November 2019
Thursday 14 November 2019
We Need to Use This Election to Speak Up for Children.
Green Party candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central Adam Colclough has backed a charity manifesto aiming to improve the lives of children living in the UK.
The Manifesto for a Better Childhood has been published by the National Children's Bureau and makes four key demands.
These are for greater investment in early childhood, the creation of an inclusive education system, a greater focus on child health and well-being and action to end child poverty.
The charity is also calling on any government former after the election to launch a specific strategy for childhood that puts the voice of young people at the heart of the political process.
In a statement on their website the National Children's Bureau describe the manifesto as ' a new vision for childhood' that calls on an incoming government to develop a specific strategy backed by significant investment.
The Green Party has campaigned extensively for better services for children and young people, including protecting school funding and abolishing SAT's test.
Adam Colclough said ' the past decade of Tory austerity has seen services for children and young people starved of resources, this has caused serious problems that need to be addressed as a priority. That is why I am backing this campaign'.
The Manifesto for a Better Childhood has been published by the National Children's Bureau and makes four key demands.
These are for greater investment in early childhood, the creation of an inclusive education system, a greater focus on child health and well-being and action to end child poverty.
The charity is also calling on any government former after the election to launch a specific strategy for childhood that puts the voice of young people at the heart of the political process.
In a statement on their website the National Children's Bureau describe the manifesto as ' a new vision for childhood' that calls on an incoming government to develop a specific strategy backed by significant investment.
The Green Party has campaigned extensively for better services for children and young people, including protecting school funding and abolishing SAT's test.
Adam Colclough said ' the past decade of Tory austerity has seen services for children and young people starved of resources, this has caused serious problems that need to be addressed as a priority. That is why I am backing this campaign'.
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