Given the times we are living in, there’s a lot in this Update — and a lot to be done. The sections are: The health emergency Ways forward from this crisis (our own initiatives and others’) Cladding and insulation District heating The formatting on our website isn’t amazing – you can also read this in …
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FPA’s Ruth London reports back from two EU meetings in Brussels, 11 February 2019 In January FPA received an invitation from the person coordinating energy work at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), an official body representing Europe’s “organised civil society” inside the EU structures. The Committee was holding a session on “energy …
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Sixteen months after the Grenfell fire, 50 people stood together in the the rain, outside of the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), to deliver an Open Letter that demanded safe and warm tower block homes. The demonstration was organised by Fuel Poverty Action (FPA). Many of those who came, spoke out. Speakers …
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FPA has been fighting since the Grenfell fire for justice for survivors and to make sure that other buildings with combustible cladding have it urgently replaced. In 2018 we started the SCIN campaign for Safe Cladding and Insulation Now, which attracted wide support. We emphasised that while cladding and insulation are off, which can be …
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