Miliband pledges to lift one million renters out of fuel poverty
ED MILIBAND pledged to lift one million renters out of fuel poverty at the Labour Party conference yesterday.
The Energy Secretary said that “we all know that the poorest people in our country often live in cold, drafty homes,” calling it a “Tory legacy.”
He vowed to “end this injustice” and lift one million out of fuel poverty, boosting the minimum energy efficiency standard of all rented homes.
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