Fuel Poverty Protest to Be Held in Hammersmith

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Demonstration taking place this Saturday

The Swan pub by Hammersmith Broadway

December 2, 2022

West London campaigners from Don’t Pay UK and Fuel Poverty Action along with members of the community will be gathering this weekend in Hammersmith for a Warm-Up protest to demand government action on rising fuel poverty in the UK.

They will be meeting outside The Swan Pub, Hammersmith Broadway, W6 0DZ at 1pm on Saturday 3 December and walking to a nearby public location which they will occupy to keep warm and raise awareness about the campaign and energy poverty.

The protest is one of several Warm-Ups taking place across the UK in towns and cities including Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol and London in support of both Fuel Poverty Action’s Energy For All campaign, and the Don’t Pay UK campaign. The Warm-Ups are part of the Warm This Winter coalition’s Day of Action on fuel poverty on Disability Awareness Day.

National Energy Action estimates that as a result of rising energy costs, around 2.2 million people have fallen into fuel poverty in the past year raising the total figure to 6.7 million in the UK. The End Fuel Poverty Coalition predicts this will rise to 8.6 million when bills climb once again in April 2023.

The Energy For All campaign calls for a universal, free amount of energy to cover people’s necessities like heating, lighting and cooking. This would be paid for by ending all public money going towards fossil fuel subsidies, windfall taxes on energy company profits and implementing higher tariffs on excessive, luxury energy use. A petition for the demand received over 650,000 signatures from the public, helping to prompt the Proposed Energy Equity Commission Bill in parliament.

Stuart Bretherton, Fuel Poverty Action, Energy For All Campaign Coordinator, said, ‘Energy For All would achieve what our energy system and economy should ultimately be geared towards, ensuring everyone’s basic needs are met. Ordinary people cannot keep footing the bill for crises created by the wealthy, it's time for the big polluters and profiteers to pay their share. Through this we could also incentivise much needed climate action on home insulation and a transition to renewables.’

For more information on Energy For All and all the actions taking place contact e4a@fuelpovertyaction.org.uk.

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