About 2.5 million households will also be faced with serious feeding problems
In Britain “more than three million low-income households will not be able to keep their homes warm this winter”, research by the Institute for Social Studies highlights Joseph Rowntree (JRF), which also notes that already 4.3 million households reduced their heating costs.
In fact, of these 2.5 million will be faced with me as well severe feeding problemsJRF points out, sounding the alarm about the difficulties facing the poor in British society.
The conclusions of the organization National Energy Action, which aims to eliminate “energy poverty so that all citizens can afford to live in a safe and warm home”, are even more dramatic.
The EED estimates that as of October 6.7m UK households are in energy poverty. In practice, this means that the members of these families may be cold, hungry, in debt, or all three together.
And all this while Britain from the middle of the week is experiencing the first cold wave with temperatures that in some areas have dropped to -10 degrees Celsius. That is why there is already an increased demand for energy. On the other hand, the apnea affecting the country has reduced the production of wind energy.
The combination poses a challenge to the national electricity grid, with a spokesman for National Grid, the company that manages it, saying it was “moderately optimistic about adequate energy supplies this winter”.
At the same time, the barrage of strike actions that started at the beginning of the month and which is expected to peak during the holiday week continues.
Among others, the largest trade union of Rail, Maritime and other Transports, nurses and ambulance and bus drivers, firefighters and employees of the national road network have announced a strike.
While, finally, two strikes, one from 23 to 26 December and one from 28 to 31 of the month, have been announced by members of the Border Force who control travel documents at six major airports in the country, including Heathrow and Gatwick.
That is why the Ministry of Defense has started training members of the armed forces to use them to carry out inspections. The main demand of the unions is an increase in salaries as inflation in the country has reached 11% and in some basic food products it even reaches 20%.
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