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Hi all, I live on a narrowboat and have been told by my supplier that the price of coal and wood is going up a lot this winter and I wondered if there is help for people living on narrowboats etc as we are not seemingly covered by the energy help by the government, not that I have heard anyway.  At £15+ per bag of coal now (used to be £11 or £12), I and other boat dwellers I know will struggle.  Does anyone know what I can do please?  Thanks.

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  • I would suspect that you might be included in this:

    "The prime minister said a fund will be created to support those who are not covered by a cap, but she did not say how big that fund would be.

    This includes people who use heating oil in their homes, those who have communal heating schemes, and people in mobile home parks who pay the park owner rather than a supplier.

    More details will come later, but this will be an extremely complex task.

    For example, people in park homes do not yet know how they will receive the £400 discount available to everyone - and that was announced months ago.

    The government has not said how big this fund will be or how long it will take to organise."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62833623 

    It might be worth writing to your MP to request that those living on boats are not excluded.



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