The Wyndford Tenants’ Union has secured a number of agreements with SSE, following their campaign against changes to local heating charges which activists argue have accentuated fuel poverty

Tenants are angered by a heating scheme they say is too expensive and harms poorer residents

A resident of the Wyndford estate in Glasgow, Scott Carroll was cut off from central heating over the winter after a spell in hospital with pneumonia – but he’s now finding his feet with the tenants’ union

LAST month, Scott Carroll had to walk home in the rain from hospital with pneumonia, with no money for public transport.

When he got home to his flat in the Wyndford estate in Maryhill, he applied to the council for a crisis grant to get the heating turned back on.

Communities Secretary Aileen Campbell tells parliament that the Scottish Government’s plans to develop a new public energy company are still on track

Three-quarters of Scots worry about the cost of energy bills

Energy Poverty Research initiative co-founder’s criticisms back up those of Citizens Advice Scotland and SFHA

THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT’S Bill on fuel poverty, which will set targets to reduce fuel poverty in Scotland, is a “missed opportunity” to address previous failures, an energy poverty expert has argued.

Academics criticise lack of long-term supplier contracts in plan but also highlight the limits of what can be achieved under devolution

A REPORT setting out the options for the Scottish Government’s proposed publicly owned, not-for-profit energy company published on Monday has been met with criticism from academic energy experts.