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NEA and Parliament



NEA recognises the importance of lobbying Government on necessary measures to enable some of the most vulnerable people in society to have warmer homes and on the need for policies to alleviate fuel poverty in the UK.

NEA's parliamentary unit is responsible for the following elements of work:

. production and distribution of briefings for MPs and Peers on any legislation/regulations/policy impacting on fuel poverty
. participation in coalition campaigns for new legislation on energy efficiency, fuel poverty and sustainable energy
. monitoring Parliamentary business and activity relevant to fuel poverty and domestic energy efficiency for dissemination to NEA members and supporters
. organising an annual winter campaign - Warm Homes Campaign - which involves constituency visits for MPs.
. providing the secretariat for the Associate Parliamentary Warm Homes Group
. organising events at the annual Party Political Conferences

For more information on NEA's Parliamentary Unit, please contact: Maria Wardrobe, Director of Communications

For more information on the NEA and Parliament please click here.

Press Releases

Comment from NEA on The Green Deal

Comment from NEA, the national fuel poverty charity on The Green Deal: watching brief report, published today by the Energy and Climate Change Committee.

NEA welcomes Government announcement of a Big Energy Saving Network

Today’s announcement by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that it will be providing £900,000 in 2013/14 to fund the creation of the ‘Big Energy Saving Network’ as part of the Government’s response to the discussion document ‘ensuring a better deal for energy consumers’ is welcomed by the UK fuel poverty charity, NEA.

NEA comments on fuel poverty figures

NEA, the national fuel poverty charity is urging the Government to implement a coherent, efficient and adequately resourced strategy to tackle the problems faced by those unable to heat their homes affordably, despite an apparent drop in the number of fuel poor households.

NEA: Warm Homes, Warm Minds

NEA and MHNE have been working in partnership on the Warm Minds project, increasing the awareness of practitioners and service users of the effects that a cold home can have on mental health. Continue reading...

NEA: Government support for heating and insulation to end this week

As temperatures plummet, fuel poverty charity NEA is urging the Government to step back from ending insulation and heating grants for vulnerable people struggling to afford their energy bills.

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