Nick Clegg backs Bridget's campaign for fairer fuel bills

8.33.00pm GMT Sat 7th Feb 2009

Nick Clegg signs up to Bridget's fairer fuel bills campaign

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has signed up to local campaigner Bridget Fox's petition calling for fairer fuel bills.

Bridget launched her petition online just days before freezing weather hit Islington. And Nick Clegg was pleased to back her campaign when he visited the borough on Thursday.

He used his first ever Prime Minister's Questions as party leader to raise the issue, demanding that Gordon Brown "end the scandal of the poorest families paying the most for their energy needs".

Bridget says, "I'm delighted to have Nick Clegg's backing for this campaign. The Labour Government is still failing people on fuel bills. Even as gas and electricity bills begin to fall, the poorest households still pay more for their energy than richer ones: that's unfair."

Bridget's petition calls for fairer fuel bills, including:

• clearer, simpler, fairer social tariffs for people on low incomes

• charging less not more per unit for light users

• ending unfair higher charges for pre-pay users

• bringing existing homes up to the energy efficiency standards of new homes

Joe Trotter is backing Bridget's campaign

Bridget's also got the backing of veteran campaigner and former Mayor of Islington, Joe Trotter.

Joe says, "We need something to be done. Pensioners who've worked hard all their lives are finding it tough. Our gas bills have gone up and the Government does nothing to help most of us. I'm backing Bridget's campaign for fairer fuel bills."

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