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75% of public back social tariff funded by energy firms to help elderly and disabled

THREE-QUARTERS of the public back a tariff on energy firms to help the elderly and disabled with their fuel bills.

Warm This Winter, a campaign mounted by more than 40 leading charities, found that an overwhelming majority supports the introduction of a social tariff funded by Britain’s 20 biggest energy companies.

The energy profiteers have pocketed £483 billion since the start of the energy crisis four years ago.

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