Cold, damp homes skyrocket estimates of excess deaths
How to heat? For many pensioners this winter, the fire may not be an option and the only heat they are likely to get may be from a cup of tea – even after temperatures plummeted to -14C this week.
An “appalling and avoidable” increase in excess death estimates is due to cold, damp homes, according to a new report:
The End Fuel Poverty Coalition has predicted from the latest government data that 4,950 excess winter deaths in the UK were caused by living in cold, damp homes during winter 2022/23, an increase of 1,721 people compared to estimates from last year.
The latest figures from the Warm This Winter campaign also show that 8.3m adults in the UK are living in cold, damp homes.
Energy bills have soared in recent years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and with Ofgem’s energy price cap for January to March 2024 set at £1,928 a year – significantly higher than what it was in October 2021 at at £1,277 ,before the energy crisis began.
Exclusive polling for PoliticsHome in November by Savanta found 32 per cent of people were “very concerned” about whether they would be able to afford they energy bills this winter, with 44 per cent reporting they were “somewhat concerned”. Only 17 per cent said they were “not really concerned”, with just 5 per cent saying they were “not concerned at all”.
Labour is saying this is an indication that people should vote for that party, which is promising a scheme to insulate homes if it forms a government.
The trouble is, under Keir Starmer, Labour has promised a lot of things only to u-turn on them as soon as it is convenient.
Nobody seems to be talking about reducing the price of heating homes – by getting rid of our reliance on fossil fuels altogether and investing in cheap and clean energy.
Is that because it will cut profits for the fossil fuel magnates who pay big donations to politicians in all the major parties?
Source: Labour Says Spike In Cold Deaths Underlines Urgency Of Home Insulation Scheme
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