News & Updates: FPA News
Our latest blogs, updates, events, and press releases.
Workers Planet: new festival to unite union and climate movements
An exciting new political education festival is set to be held at TUC Congress: ‘Workers Planet’ aims to unite the trade union and climate justice movements.
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The £264 billion Carbon Capture Bill: Why your energy costs will soar
Dr Andrew Boswell writes on Carbon Capture and Storage for FPA. Money would be better spent on renewables and insulating homes, he explains.
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FPA brings ENERGY to tax the rich demo
FPA members take to the streets with a simple message: stop the cuts, tax the rich and provide Energy For All.
Compensation for forced prepayment meter victims announced!
Victims of forced prepayment meter installations will receive compensation, after campaign pressure. Stu considers how we got here and what needs to happen next.
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Free energy isn’t a utopian dream – it’s possible now
Ruth looks at how the scandal of curtailment – paying windfarms to turn off – is just one example of the deeply entrenched, deliberately designed unfairness in our energy system. She tackles the question of how to build a system which works for all of us, not just a wealthy few, and lays the groundwork for a new phase in Fuel Poverty Action’s Energy For All campaign.
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May 22nd, 2025: Build local power, win local change
This month’s educational session is more important than ever. With the Labour government abandoning vulnerable communities, we’re at a crossroads. How we organise now will make all the difference between a far right government in four years time, and winning a real alternative for the working classes and the planet.
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Hydrogen as a False Low-Carbon ‘Solution’
The Labour Government’s plans for a low-carbon transition are not fit for purpose. FPA member Lee Towers has put together this factsheet, which outlines what hydrogen is and why it is not an efficient or cheap solution to home heating.
Understanding the climate crisis
The effects of a changing climate are no longer predictions for the future—they’re happening now.
Chia Harrington explores what exactly the climate crisis is, and why we should all care.
Retrofit for the Future campaign launches
There’s no time to lose to fight fuel poverty and climate disaster.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with the Peace and Justice Project, ACORN, Greener Jobs Alliance and CACC to campaign for three key interventions in the retrofit debate: accountability for retrofit work, protecting renters and skilling up our workforce.
The problem with means testing
No one can say it’s ok for thousands of people to die every year from fuel poverty. But lots of people say that instead of Energy For All, the government should subsidise energy prices for people on low incomes. They say this would target help where it is needed most, on people without the means […]
FPA release 2024 Annual Report
Our Annual Report for 2023-24 is out now! The last year saw important wins for fuel poverty campaigners, with ongoing campaign actions such as ‘warm-ups’ (occupying local buildings together to keep warm) helping to secure a partial ban on forced installations of prepayment meters. But it also saw fresh cruelty from the political class, with […]
Energy For All Petition Hand-in
On October 1st 2024, the day our energy bills went up AGAIN, we delivered the Energy For All petition, signed by over 662,500 of you, to the door of Number 10. Meanwhile, Fuel Poverty Action members across the country went on the radio and social media to spread the word about Energy For All. On […]
