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"New official data shows that a significant amount of people lost their lives
last winter - and it seems as is a lack of governmental legislation and poor
insulation could be to blame.
Stark new figures estimate that some 4,950 excess winter deaths last year in
the UK were down to people living in cold and damp homes.
New official data from the End Fuel Poverty Coalition says those figures were
recorded during winter 2022/23.
The
Warm This Winter study also found that, when the average winter
temperature in the UK drops below four degrees centigrade, the level of excess
winter deaths sky-rockets.
Last winter, the average was slightly up from that, at 4.3°C.
It comes at a time when Britain is suffering extreme cold in many regions.
December 2023 was unusually warm but, this month, temperatures have fallen to
-14°C in some parts of the country.
Simon Francis, coordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, tells
Euronews
that this is a concerning situation.
“Figures from the
Warm This Winter campaign show that 8.3m adults are living
in cold damp homes this winter and, as temperatures drop, these conditions go
from being uncomfortable to downright dangerous,” he says.
Francis, like many experts and critics of the current Conservative government
say lawmakers are, in part, to blame."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
