Went for a wee chat in Parliament yesterday.

BREAKING 🚨 Alongside End Fuel Poverty Coalition, EnergyActionScotland and leading civil society organisations, we have written to all Members of Scottish Parliament, urging them to not forget the 400,000 Scots whose homes are almost uninhabitable due to cold and damp.

Full letter below ⬇️

Alongside EnergyActionScotland Warm This Winter and leading civil society organisations in Scotland we’ve written to all MSPs today urging them to back policies that will help end the cold homes crisis.

endfuelpoverty.org.uk/msps-must-act-…

IT’S anchors aweigh for this year’s Fisherrow Harbour Festival, which takes place this Saturday. dlvr.it/T6JXjF 👇 Full story

When your local renames its beers after the Eskmuthe Rowing Club skiffs!

Anyone looking for entertainment (and nautical beers) there’s skiff racing tomorrow from Fisherrow backsands.

A good day to drill for bad news…

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Looks like Hibs would have been in the top 6 had it not been for VAR errors.

So will Scottish FA compensate the club & fans?

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Lovely to see Angi Naylor today still keeping up the fight 🩵

Poverty devastates people’s lives and it’s time to take action.

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Translation:
“I’ve read Ash’s letter and it wasn’t that bad really, nothing I can’t live with. And I’m pretty sure Douglas doesn’t actually want an election either so will abstain if it came to the crunch.”

Experts Warm This Winter have compiled a table showing average exit fees charged by main suppliers.

The firm that just announced £2.3bn Q1 profits (Iberdrola) owns the supplier that tops the list.

Exit fees risk trapping customers on expensive deals or with poor customer service.

Looking forward to hearing Campaign Collective Simon Francis at this event Simon Francis

The BBC conducted a campaign of disinformation about the new Hate Crime law. They mixed myth with fact. They conflated existing process with the new law. They tried to use the Old Firm game to stir up vexatious complaints. This correction should be thrown in the face of Laura…

If anyone else needed proof that society is going backwards, I got stung by a wasp at the weekend.

First time in over 30 years.

Wales was pretty though.

Energy bill exit fees have surged 345% since 2021, according to the latest Warm This Winter Tariff Watch report.

76% of fixed tariffs are more expensive than the Ofgem price cap.

Exit fees mean customers with poor customer service can't leave a supplier.

endfuelpoverty.org.uk/surge-in-energ…

Energy suppliers have paid compensation totalling £342,450 to customers who were wrongly put onto prepayment meters - with more payouts expected.

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#PPMs #ForcedPPMs #Ofgem #PrePaymentMeters   #WarmThisWinter #CostOfLiving #EnergyBills #FuelPoverty

Find myself in worrying agreement with Statement FC. Pretty sure this is a unique occasion.

Shouldn’t SPFL dock Dundee points for this? 🤔🤣

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Morning: win rowing medals.

Feasgar: Mànran ann an Inbhir Nis.

Thanks to STV News for featuring this important issue as their top news story Campaign Collective End Fuel Poverty Coalition Association of Educational Psychologists BASW

How much have energy firms made in profits over the last few years?

Over £420 billion

These firms are taking us for April fools while people continue to suffer with the high price of energy.

Check out Graham Hiscott's exclusive today.
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