Fuel Poverty Pressure Group Demands More Help.

As new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt scales up a new budget it seems the £400 discount and other help will not be enough. According to the fuel, poverty action group 'Warm This Winter' despite this government help many will suffer.

Seven million homes will still be at risk this winter. Largely from living in inadequate dwellings. Cold, damp, housing mainly in the private renting sector where greedy landlords overcharge their tenants. During the lockdown, the government curtailed and capped what these landlords could charge their tenants. After everything was lifted and we returned to 'so-called' normal life the cap was lifted. So landlords could once more charge their tenants what they liked. Much private rented housing is wholly inadequate and landlords can hold tenants over a barrel. The government may be loathed to do something about it as landlords are mainly Tory voters. That's not to say there aren't good landlords or even bad tenants.

Warm This Winter said though helpful the government help must be increased. The chaotic Truss government isn't being mindful of the great need that there is and will be this winter. And there is no sign so far that this Tory administration will do anything. Can we even hope that Hunt a man who has a constituency in affluent Surrey will offer more help in his budget?

Jeremy Hunt was the former Health Secretary under hapless Theresa May. Hunt ran for the leadership of the Tories himself but didn't last long. Now on the heels of Kwasi Kwarteng's sacking Truss has reached out to her former leadership opponent. They met at the Prime Minister's retreat Chequers to thrash out whatever it was that was on the agenda. Many have speculated who is really in charge. Truss is weak and has nowhere to go and faces an unpredictable future. Rumours of the backbench 1922 Committee meeting are swirling but do the Tories really want another leadership election?

The Tories are in a hole and many wish the Tory membership had backed Rishi Sunak. Sunak predicted that Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget would fall on the most vulnerable. And so it has come to pass with Truss scrapping part of the budget and sacking its author Mr. Kwarteng. Of course, Sunak might not be the right man either as Prime Minister.

Truss had a disaster of a press conference choosing correspondents she thought were safe. But their line of questioning was anything but. Truss struggled to answer the questions correctly and repeated the same mantra to different questioners. She exited fairly swiftly and even then it was the wrong side of the stage apparently.

Warm This Winter say a further living payment should be made to the most vulnerable. This benefit should be paid on 1 December to get them through the winter.

Warm This Winter is also asking the government to pay £150 to those who are disabled. The £20.00 uplift on Universal Credit should be reinstated also. The £20.00 uplift increased the amount people on benefits got. It was welcomed by many including those dependent on welfare. However, once the lockdown was over Chancellor Rishi Sunak scrapped the uplift.

Warm This Winter's call for more help from the government is backed by others. Such as Save The Children, WWF, and The Fuel Coalition group. Its doubtful MPs regardless of party will be afraid to turn their heating on. It is unlikely they will be told to wear warmer clothing and endure freezing condtions.

The country may face blackouts as gas runs out to fuel electricity. This warning comes from the National Grid responsible for the maintenance of the UK's power grid.