fuel poverty

Elderly residents of tenement flats are not receiving their full winter fuel payment despite problems with the system being flagged up by the SNP seven years ago.

Glasgow SNP MSP Bob Doris – a member of the Scottish Parliament's Local Government and Communities Committee – has welcomed a joint statement by the Scottish Government and COSLA outlining a framework to combat poverty and income inequality.

Health Secretary and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a £55.8 million package to tackle fuel poverty.

SNP Treasury spokesman Stewart Hosie MP is writing to Chancellor Alistair Darling demanding that the UK Government takes decisive action to help households facing soaring energy bills this winter.

SNP Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Glenrothes by-election candidate Peter Grant today focused on families as they highlighted the SNP Government's decision to invest an additional £10 million in the free central heating programme and to extend the scheme to young families in Fife.

SNP Candidate for Glenrothes Peter Grant and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today urged people struggling with their energy bills to contact the Energy Saving Advice Network as they met a Fife couple who received free loft insulation after calling their local centre.

SNP Glasgow East by-election victor John Mason and Glenrothes candidate Cllr Peter Grant today brought the concerns of their voters over rising fuel prices to SNP Conference in Perth.

The SNP today launches our campaign for the Glenrothes by-election with a focus on family and household budgets as we call for a fair deal on energy bills this winter.

SNP MP and Energy Spokesman Mike Weir today expressed alarm after figures published by the UK Government showed 1 million new households entered fuel poverty in 2006.

Campaigning today (Saturday) on energy prices in Glenrothes, the SNP challenged Gordon Brown to come to the constituency himself to explain why fuel poor households are getting no direct help with rising energy costs this winter - instead of sending a proxy, as in the new Labour leader in Scotland.