Fuel Poverty is highly topical in the energy sector, with ever more pressure on gas suppliers and on the government to provide for the most vulnerable in the UK. Despite government targets to eradicate fuel poverty in vulnerable households by 2010 and in all households in England and Scotland by 2016, fuel poverty continues to rise - from 2 million households in 2004 to 5.5 million in 2009. IGEM is seeking to find out why and what can be done.A household is considered to be in fuel poverty when 10% or more of household income is spent on fuel to heat the living space to an adequate degree of warmth. This is often the case with older people living alone: they are home for most of the day, tend to require higher temperatures and are generally on lower incomes.
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