News and Updates

Our latest blogs, updates, events, and press releases.

Demonstrators in London hold banners and placards reading 'Fuel Poverty Action', 'Greenpeace' and 'secure green jobs'. Captions read 'cut energy bills' and '#MakeGreenFair'

Make Green Fair Conference

Join us in Manchester on the 19th of September to explore how the huge benefits of renewable energy can be accessed and enjoyed by all. Are you getting your FAIR SHARE of the weather? Energy from the wind and sun are bountiful, and can be nearly free.  Low cost energy is available – but its […]

Demonstrators hold banners reading 'Make Green Fair' and 'Energy For All', alongside windturbines bearing these slogans and 'End Oil Wars'.

FPA erect wind turbines outside the Department of Energy, rallying for lower bills as prices soar

On the 1st of July, two important things happed. The government, failing to protect households from energy firms using wars to profiteer, put up our bills yet again. And FPA and allies showed up at the door of the Department for Energy, to tell Martin McCluskey MP we won’t stand for it.

Thursday 18 June 6.30 pm Solar Energy For All Fuel For Thought

Round up! Solar energy for all.

In this panel and discussion, we spoke at length about solar energy, and how to all get the full benefits, renters included.

Thursday 21 May 6.30 pm Make Retrofit Work Fuel For Thought

Round up! Making retrofit work.

In this panel and discussion, we delved into the failure of government retrofitting, and how to overturn it.

1st July: Mobilise for #Make Green Fair!

Join us on 1st July to demonstrate outside the Department of Energy.

Our energy bills are set to rise by another £332 a year. We’re organising a photo stunt and handing in our 10,000 strong #MakeGreenFair petition at this critical moment to fight for fair energy pricing.

Fuel Poverty Action members stand proud with raised fists and smiles, holding and wearing football-style scarves that read 'Fuel Poverty Action'

Open Letter: Make Green Fair!

More than 50 organisations tackling poverty and the climate crisis have written to Ed Miliband and Jonathan Brearley demanding a guarantee that the transition to renewable energy will reduce bills

Demonstrators in London hold banners and placards reading 'Fuel Poverty Action', 'Greenpeace' and 'secure green jobs'. Captions read 'cut energy bills' and '#MakeGreenFair'

Stop July price hikes: Make Green Fair!

Just launched! More than 50 organisations tackling poverty and the climate crisis have written to Ed Miliband and Jonathan Brearley.

We’re demanding a guarantee that the transition to renewable energy will reduce bills.

Round up! AI: Keeping Bills High

From our internet search bars to military targeting software, AI is already everywhere. In this panel and discussion, we delved into the extensive plans to build data-centres. What means for our environment, climate change, and how to ensure that the interests of communities across the UK come first.

protesters hold a sign reading 'energy bills: up, emissions: up, Drax profits: up'

Drax’s great big biomass rip off sends our money up in smoke

Biomass drives pollution and hikes our bills… and yet the government piles money into it. Katy Brown from Biofuelwatch explains how you’re being ripped off.

FPA members campaign in Martin McCluskey's constituency calling for him to fix the retrofailures. Some wear FPA hats, all hold postcards to send to Martin McCluskey MP.

FPA spoiled the Government’s party – now let’s win justice for botched Retrofit victims

The standard of so-called improvements to homes in the UK is equal to vandalism, it’s criminal. Over 30,000 homes have been damaged with 1 in 10 of these households placed in immediate health and safety danger. At a cost of £4 billion added onto our energy bills.

Round up! Mining, Militarism and Renewables.

We kicked off the new year with a session on renewable energy, mining, and the military.

Black and white image showing mining equipment with an open-cast mine in the background. With details of the session.

January 22, 2026. Mining, Militarism and Renewable Energy.

It’s been a bleak start to 2026 for all of us concerned with the world today. With the disturbingly brazen attack on Venezuela a stark reminder of the role of brute force, military power, and war, to obtain valuable resources. This month, for our Fuel For Thought educational, we’re looking at the close relationship between renewables, mining, warfare, and the military.

Logo: Energy For All

The Energy Pricing Revolution

We are all entitled to energy for heating, washing, lighting, cooking, connectivity, and medical needs. Let’s get the money back from the fossil fuel giants who are profiting from our unpayable bills!