Simon Francis (@si_francis) 's Twitter Profile
Simon Francis

@si_francis

Work stuff @CampaignsHQ & @endfuelpoverty. @HibernianFC ST. Eskmuthe coastal rower. #Gàidhlig. 🏳️‍🌈 Mainly at sifrancis.bsky.social

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End Fuel Poverty Coalition (@endfuelpoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💸 Last week we revealed that the energy industry has raked in half a trillion pounds in profit since the crisis began — and now they have the audacity to ask for tax relief. All while millions face impossible choices between heating and eating. 🌱 The UK is making real

💸 Last week we revealed that the energy industry has raked in half a trillion pounds in profit since the crisis began — and now they have the audacity to ask for tax relief.

All while millions face impossible choices between heating and eating.

🌱 The UK is making real
End Fuel Poverty Coalition (@endfuelpoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🏠 We’re calling on the Chancellor to fully fund the £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan in the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review. Making homes energy efficient isn’t just about staying warm in winter—it helps keep people safe and cool in summer too. New figures show over 1,300

🏠 We’re calling on the Chancellor to fully fund the £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan in the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.

Making homes energy efficient isn’t just about staying warm in winter—it helps keep people safe and cool in summer too.
New figures show over 1,300
Jess Ralston (@jessralston2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Some major errors & misleading claims from Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning, when discussing British Steel with Treasury Minister James Murray I hope these are corrected on tomorrow's programme. Here's what he got wrong... 🧵 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

End Fuel Poverty Coalition (@endfuelpoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚠️ The RTS meter switch-off is coming — and tens of thousands of households still haven’t had their meters replaced. RTS (Radio Teleswitch Service) meters rely on a longwave radio signal to control heating and hot water, often on older time-of-use tariffs. That signal is being

⚠️ The RTS meter switch-off is coming — and tens of thousands of households still haven’t had their meters replaced.

RTS (Radio Teleswitch Service) meters rely on a longwave radio signal to control heating and hot water, often on older time-of-use tariffs. That signal is being
Friends of the Earth (@friends_earth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Friends of the Earth, alongside a number of fellow climate movement organisations, handed in a million-strong petition to 10 Downing Street today, calling on the UK government to end new UK oil and gas drilling and deliver a fair transition to renewable energy. ✊

Friends of the Earth, alongside a number of fellow climate movement organisations, handed in a million-strong petition to 10 Downing Street today, calling on the UK government to end new UK oil and gas drilling and deliver a fair transition to renewable energy. ✊
End Fuel Poverty Coalition (@endfuelpoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 This is a national scandal. Social workers have sounded the alarm — and it’s getting worse. New figures from the Social Workers Union show that more than 1 in 5 social workers have seen children removed from families in the past three years due to unsafe housing — cold, damp,

🚨 This is a national scandal. Social workers have sounded the alarm — and it’s getting worse.

New figures from the Social Workers Union show that more than 1 in 5 social workers have seen children removed from families in the past three years due to unsafe housing — cold, damp,
End Fuel Poverty Coalition (@endfuelpoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Following the Prime Minister’s energy announcements, the End Fuel Poverty Coalition spoke on GB News to highlight a crucial issue👇 💡 Why are UK electricity bills still so high—even with more wind and solar? Because in 98% of cases, electricity prices are still tied to the

Common Wealth (@cmmonwealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Electricity network companies are under spending on basic asset replacement work by £460 million every year.   For every £ they are given to replace old equipment, they only spend 75 pence — pocketing the difference to bump up their profits.

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If Scottish football wasnt so corrupt the club who green lighted this display at their ground today would be suspended from the league.

If Scottish football wasnt so corrupt the club who green lighted this display at their ground today would be suspended from the league.
End Fuel Poverty Coalition (@endfuelpoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔴 LIVE: Today Work & Pensions Committee is grilling Government over rising pensioner poverty, following the decision to cut Winter Fuel Payments. End Fuel Poverty Coalition will be giving evidence alongside: ➡️Anthony Pygram, Member, Committee on Fuel Poverty; ➡️Peter Smith, Director of

🔴 LIVE: Today <a href="/CommonsWorkPen/">Work & Pensions Committee</a> is grilling Government over rising pensioner poverty, following the decision to cut Winter Fuel Payments.

End Fuel Poverty Coalition will be giving evidence alongside:

➡️Anthony Pygram, Member, Committee on Fuel Poverty;
➡️Peter Smith, Director of
Simon Francis (@si_francis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Not true Scottish Labour Chris Murray MP. Average price cap 1 July 2024 £1,568 Average price cap 1 July 2025 £1,720 That’s a 9.7% / £152 rise. The increase is driven by wholesale gas prices (which fair enough you don’t control), but this misinformation doesn’t help anyone.

End Fuel Poverty Coalition (@endfuelpoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Millions voted Labour because they believed in a promise: warmer homes, lower bills, better lives. Now there are rumours that ministers will scale back the £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan. And our latest polling shows just how badly that would backfire. But this isn’t just politics,

End Fuel Poverty Coalition (@endfuelpoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Millions of pensioner households faced unaffordable energy costs last winter.  While the changes will provide some relief to these households, there will still be pensioners unable to afford the high cost of energy and living in cold damp homes. So now the Government must focus