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Fire service warns of risks as Scots turn to alternative ways of heating homes

Fire chiefs have warned Scots could “inadvertently” put themselves in danger as they turn to alternative methods of heating their homes amid the rising cost of living. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) warned householders may be at risk of ...

05 Oct 2022 at 13:57

Scotland

STUC demands cost-of-living support meeting with First Minister

A trade union has warned that communities in Scotland must not be abandoned as it set out demands for tackling the cost-of-living crisis. The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and the Poverty Alliance are among the organisations calling for an ...

08 Oct 2022 at 01:00

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IN PICTURES: Derry Against Fuel Poverty March and Rally

Derry Against Fuel Poverty March and Rally making it's way down Shipquay Street. Derry Against Fuel Poverty March and Rally making it's way down Shipquay Street to Guildhall Square. People Before Profit in Guildhall Square. Cllr Sean Mooney, Cllr ...

04 Oct 2022 at 18:33

Forty-five million Britons to be plunged into fuel poverty in winter – study

An estimated 45 million Britons will be forced into fuel poverty and struggle to pay energy bills this winter, new research has found. Two-thirds of all UK households – or 18 million families – will be plunged into financial precariousness by ...

18 Aug 2022 at 13:16

Sturgeon to chair meeting with suppliers in bid to ease cost-of-energy crisis

Nicola Sturgeon will convene a summit with energy suppliers in the wake of rising bills that are expected to go up further. The First Minister will chair the meeting before energy regulator Ofgem announces a possible rise in the energy cap ...

16 Aug 2022 at 15:11

NHS bosses make rare appeal to ministers as UK faces ‘public health emergency’

NHS bosses have made an “unprecedented” appeal to the Government to take action on rising energy prices as the UK faces a “public health emergency”. The NHS Confederation sent a letter to ministers on Friday, warning that surging costs ...

19 Aug 2022 at 14:53

‘Devastating’ if Tories break promise to uprate benefits in line with inflation

Failing to meet a commitment to increase benefits in line with inflation would lead to disabled people “starving and freezing in their own homes”, a charity has warned. As the Government looks to cut spending, neither Chancellor Kwasi ...

29 Sept 2022 at 23:17

Personal Finance

More than a third of people ‘have cut social activities amid high living costs’

People’s social lives are shrinking as they search for ways to cut back on their living costs, according to a debt help charity. More than four-fifths (84%) of people surveyed across the UK in August said they have been financially ...

27 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

New website aims to provide ‘vital support’ to people with money worries

A new Scottish Government website set up to provide financial advice during the cost-of-living crisis will be a “trustworthy” source of information, the Social Justice Secretary has said. Shona Robison spoke as the Government ...

28 Sept 2022 at 13:17

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Derry Against Fuel Poverty march is to take place in city

A Derry Against Fuel Poverty march is to take place in the city. The event has been organised by the Cost of Living Crisis Campaign, which has called on everyone who is "struggling to put food on the table and fears for this ...

29 Sept 2022 at 15:33

Civil servants relying on food banks amid cost-of-living crisis – report

A leading trade union is delivering a dossier to ministers, revealing the “depths of poverty” being suffered by the Government’s own employees. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said civil servants are now ...

30 Sept 2022 at 12:24

Scotland

Gordon Brown: Cobra should meet to consider how to solve cost-of-living crisis

Gordon Brown has called on the UK Government’s emergency response committee to come together to tackle the cost-of-living crisis. Writing for the Daily Record newspaper on Monday, the former prime minister issued a ...

08 Aug 2022 at 13:22

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