Political recognition -- Finding the fuel poor -- Income as a cause -- Fuel prices and policy -- Energy use and emissions -- Energy efficiency of the housing stock -- Warmth and health: the benefits of action and the penalties of inaction -- Governance and budgets -- Solutions.

Policies to assist low-income households obtain sufficient warmth and overcome fuel poverty depend upon energy-efficiency investments in the long run and increased fuel consumption meanwhile. The poor spend twice as much on fuel, as a proportion of income, and are more likely than other families...