Fuel poverty affecting more Scottish households, December 13, 2012, BBC: “Sharp rises in fuel prices last year pushed more than 100,000 Scots into fuel poverty, according to a Scottish government survey. Energy bill rises of up to 18% saw the number of people spending more than 10% of their income on fuel reach 684,000 in October of last year. This was a rise from 658,000 in October 2010…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty