“According the national office of statistics, there were 25,700 deaths relating to fuel poverty in 2010-11, this is shameful. And sadly is likely to rise in line with the fuel poverty figure increase.”-Mike Jeram, UNISON, the U.K.’s biggest public sector trade union

According to U.K. government reports, the number of people who can not afford to heat their homes, called fuel poverty, makes up about one quarter of the British population, an increase from the previous winter.

“The government has yet again made false promises, as it looks likely to fail its legal duty to end fuel poverty by 2016….the government is pushing people further into poverty with its austerity agenda!”-Mike Jeram

The Institute of Fiscal Studies predicts that British households’ incomes in 2015 would be worse than their income in 2002!