Monthly Archives: October 2011
Households need income of £30,000 a year to beat fuel poverty trap
Winter fuel poverty crisis looms for 8.3m UK households
Households need income of £30,000 a year to beat fuel poverty trap, says Energyhelpline.com.
Nearly a third of UK households are facing fuel poverty in the event of a predicted harsh winter, according to new research.
The independent price comparison website forecast energy customers will have to stump up an average £564* to pay their heating bills from December to February if the period is colder than average.
Former MP does not believe that some have to chose between eat and heat
Edwina Currie speaking about the choice between heating and food
Former MP Edwina Currie tells listeners who claim to have to choose between food and heating that she doesn’t believe anyone in the UK is too poor to eat.
Free flu jabs for carers
Free flu jabs for ‘at risk’ groups in NHS Forth Valley
AT RISK people in Bo’ness, Blackness and Whitecross are urged to get their annual free flu jab, that this year includes the swine flu strain.
Last flu season, NHS Forth Valley achieved Scotland’s highest uptake of over-65s.
