An energy efficient company has identified the top ten fuel-poverty areas in the UK with the highest energy bills and Salford is one of them.
Energy efficiency company, Airgon, found that Salford came third in the list, with Salford residents on average paying £3780 per year.
A household in fuel poverty is classed as spending more than 10 per cent of its disposable income on energy bills. This disposable income is also needed for housing, food, and other everyday living essentials. Therefore spending more than 10 per cent on energy bills may push people deeper into poverty.
The data, collected from environmental campaigning group, Friends of the Earth, also found that some postcodes in the UK are paying up to £7240 on their energy bills per year.
Even those living in the poorest postcode areas are paying up to £3950.
Energy expert, Mark Brown, said: “The average salary in the UK is £32,000 a year and households are already spending as much as a quarter of their disposable income on energy bills.
“Experts have predicted that this is set to rise for one in three households this winter, which will undoubtedly put even more pressure on those that are already struggling.”
A lot of the homes listed in the report were suspected to have higher energy bills due poor insulation.
Mark added: “Our research has also shown that, particularly in areas of fuel poverty, as many as 90 per cent of those homes are poorly insulated, which will inevitably lead to substantial heat loss and will result in homes across Britain reconsidering their energy usage as many families face bills they cannot afford to pay.”
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