The charity claims just three per cent of the 800,000 families at risk of fuel poverty will benefit from the £120 reduction in their energy bills they are entitled to via the warm homes discount scheme, a partnership between the government and energy suppliers.
Energy suppliers are primarily at fault for failing to properly invest in the scheme, Save the Children claims.
The major energy companies are being called on to ensure that all families that are eligible for cold weather payments receive the warm homes discount. These payments are given to the lowest income homes, including those reliant on benefits and those with children with a disability. Payments of £25 are made when there are seven days of continuously cold weather.
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