There are many other items – some of them equally important – that people on low incomes find it hard to afford, but we do not have specific 'food poverty' or 'clothes poverty' indicators or targets. Some of those giving evidence to the review suggested that measuring fuel poverty was as important in illustrating the impact of poverty, as it was in constituting a separate problem.
Fuel poverty is of major concern from three different but related perspectives: for those whose primary concern is poverty and its reduction; for those concerned with health and well-being; and for those concerned with climate change and reduction of carbon emissions. Much of the original concern about fuel poverty stemmed from concerns about the health of those living at low temperatures. There is a link between low temperatures and poor mental health, with those living at low temperatures more likely to be stressed and subject to common mental disorders.
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