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"Today’s excess winter death figures should be a huge shock to the system"

NEA slams record number of excess winter deaths last winter as predictable, preventable and shameful

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“We hope to shine a light on the desperate and unsafe coping strategies being used behind countless front doors across the UK this winter"

Charity shines light on top 10 desperate and unsafe coping strategies used to survive winter

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"The NAO also highlight the current Pre Payment Meter price cap is still closely linked to the current smart meter roll-out deadline"

National Energy Action (NEA) comments on the publication of the National Audit Office (NAO)’s report on smart meters

Today the NAO have highlighted that the Government’s original ambition of installing smart meters in every home by 2020 will not be met and the cost of the rollout could also escalate beyond initial expectations.

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"The portal also contains the world’s single largest database of energy poverty amelioration measures"

New energy poverty website goes live

A new online resource is now available to support those working to improve the lives of vulnerable and low-income energy consumers across Europe.

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"It has never been more important to focus on alleviating fuel poverty in the UK"

New leadership at National Energy Action and Warm Zones CIC

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"Government and landlords need to get their priorities right"

430,000 of the poorest children in England and Wales live in dangerously cold homes

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"The UK has one of the worst records on cold homes-related deaths in Europe and it is not only a public health tragedy, it is a national embarrassment"

UK has sixth-highest rate of excess winter deaths in Europe

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"STA members will be marking the day in creative ways"

Nation Celebrates UK’s Energy Favourite on Solar Independence Day

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"The CCC has made it clear that solar power is now cheaper than that generated by fossil fuels"

STA Comment on CCC Progress Report

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"This is the first time that solar has generated more than nuclear, second only to gas."

UK solar generation breaks new record

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"The speed and direction of technology change is clear."

The Great British Solar Manifesto

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Review of UK Energy Policy

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"We are dismayed that responsible organisations that use their own rooftop solar are still facing an extreme business rate rise of up to 800% from April."

Silence from Chancellor leave rooftop solar facing unprecedented business rate hike

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"The STA delivered a 200,000+ petition with Greenpeace to the Chancellor last week asking him to drop the business rate hike for self-consumption of rooftop solar power"

Chancellor Urged to Drop the Solar Tax Hike

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"We urge the Chancellor to do the right thing and to drop the solar tax hike in his Budget next week."

Primary children ask treasury ahead of budget: stop the solar tax hike

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"There has naturally been interest in the cost implications of incorporating new technologies like solar into our grids."

STA Comments on UKERC’s Costs and Impacts of Intermittency Report

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"Solar is key to both the smart energy industrial opportunity and to cost-effective decarbonisation"

Solar industry welcomes industrial strategy

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"Solar power has turned the grid on its head, it provides unique opportunities for energy consumers of all types to take control of their bills and produce their own energy, sitting at the heart of a smart, flexible energy system."

“Remove barriers for energy storage” industry asks

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“Solar thermal is back, which is great news for consumers who want to bring down their energy bills and do their bit to mitigate climate change."

BEIS Warms to Solar Thermal