Tackling Fuel Poverty as Winter Approaches
Mark Griffin has called on the Scottish Government to do ore for vulnerable people in Central Scotland as winter approaches.
Mr Griffin made the call as he welcomed OFGEM to the Scottish Parliament recently to highlight the top 10 ways they are working to assist vulnerable people across Scotland, especially in the winters months.
Mark said:
"I was pleased to speak to OFGEM officials recently and welcome the work they are trying to do.
"However, the fact remains, year after year in the winter months, people in our communities are forced to choose between heating their homes or having an evening meal as a consequence of fuel poverty. The Scottish Government pledged to eradicate fuel poverty by 2016 and it is a sad indictment that instead of falling, the figure is actually rising. 490,000 households are in fuel poverty in Scotland. That is an unacceptable figure and must be tackled."
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