Fuel poverty is defined in the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 as:
a person [who] is a member of a household living on a lower income in a home which cannot be kept warm at reasonable cost.
In 2014, the government introduced in legislation a fuel poverty target for England to improve as many fuel poor homes as is reasonably practicable to a minimum energy efficiency rating of Band C, by the end of 2030.
We are looking to update the fuel poverty strategy for England. This consultation has 2 aims:
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