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The primary goal is to deliver greater energy efficiency for hundreds of thousands of households through insulation, aligning with the UK's Net Zero ambitions. It aims to help households maintain warmer homes, reduce their energy bills, and cut carbon emissions. Group 1 – General Group:
The UK Government's 2015 Fuel Poverty Report showed that 4.5 million households, or 17% of UK households, were in fuel poverty. A survey of families on Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit in October 2020 found that 26% are already cutting back on heating and electricity.
The UK government has cut funding to local authorities and local authorities feel forced to reduce services for people experiencing homelessness. It is feared this will increase the numbers of rough sleepers and increase the numbers dying while sleeping rough.
April 25, 2024 at 5:20 AM. A local authority has been awarded just over £2.7m to support households struggling with living costs. Wiltshire Council received the money from the government's ...
Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), is one of the largest panel survey in the world, supporting social and economic research. Its sample size is 40,000 households from the United Kingdom or approximately 100,000 individuals.
The UK government announced a £750 million package of support for charities across the UK. £370 million of the money was set aside to support small, local charities working with vulnerable people. £60 million of this was allocated to charities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: £30 million for Scotland; £20 million for Wales
Main article: 2021 United Kingdom census. The 2021 National census took place on 21 March 2021. On behalf of the Government, the UK Statistics Authority initiated a research programme, called Beyond 2011, to investigate a range of alternative options to conducting a UK-wide census in 2021.
According to official government statistics, housing affordability worsened between 2020 and 2021, and since 1997 housing affordability has worsened overall, especially in London. The most affordable local authorities in 2021 were in the North West, Wales, Yorkshire and The Humber, West Midlands and North East.
In the January to March 2023 figures reported by the UK government it was revealed that homelessness in England had reached record levels, with 104,510 households in England in temporary accommodation.
Help to Buy. New houses in the UK. Help to Buy is the name of a government programme in the United Kingdom that aims to help first time buyers, and those looking to move home, purchase residential property. [1] It was announced in Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne 's 2013 budget speech, and was described as "the biggest government ...