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Fuel poverty and how to get happy and stay afloat in a recession
Almost a quarter of the UK population will be pushed into fuel poverty by the end of next year, a report by the the National Housing Federation has suggested. But it says that by the end of 2009, 5.7 million UK households will be spending at least 10 per cent of their income on energy bills. There can be no doubt that the massive double-figure percentage increases in fuel bills will hit everyone’s pockets to some degree, and the elderly, low-earners and those on benefits the hardest—but if ten per cent of your income goes on fuel, that leaves 90 per cent that doesn’t. Yes?
tags: debt, fuel poverty, making do, money management, sustainability
