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Published: 20 April 2007

80 deaths but still no action

• I WAS astounded to see from Islington’s annual audit assessment that the council still has absolutely no strategy for dealing with fuel poverty.
Pensioners spend an average of 15 per cent of their total income on heating bills and this poverty is literally a life-and-death issue.
In Islington, 80 people died last year because they were unable to properly heat their homes and yet the council has absolutely no plan in place to tackle this issue.
That Islington’s Lib Dem leadership takes such a relaxed attitude on an issue of such importance to many residents is lamentable.
CLLR CATHERINE WEST
Leader, Labour group
Islington Council
Town Hall, N1

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