AM backs party’s Warming Wales Campaign
19 Tachwedd 2008
Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for South Wales West, Bethan Jenkins, launch the party’s new campaign Warming Wales: On Your Side this Winter. Plaid are calling for Gordon Brown to take immediate action on this issue so that Welsh households will be able to adequately heat their homes this winter. Many people in the Rhondda are currently struggling to make ends meet, and face the tough decision of either paying for heating or feeding their families this winter.
Plaid Cymru have launched a website – http://www.warmingwales.plaidcymru.org – to highlight the campaign. The website contains facts, ideas and useful contact numbers as well as a petition so that people can express their support for the campaign.
Speaking today, Ms Jenkins said:
“”The average Welsh family is paying a staggering £517 more for gas and £236 more for electricity than they were five years ago. Because of this, households are now facing some tough decisions this winter – either to go into debt or cut back significantly on other expenditures, such as food, in order to be able to heat their homes properly.
“And that’s not all. Age Concern estimates that more than 1,500 people will die in Wales this winter because of inadequate heating.
“Plaid Cymru wants Gordon Brown to take immediate action to help these families who are struggling. He needs to take on the energy companies, and impose a windfall tax on them. Similarly, he needs to put a stop to them charging higher rates on prepaid meter customers, compared to direct debit customers.”
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