More Bureaucracy. More gimmicks.

Unfortunately I dont believe one single word this Government utters.

ronnie, Bucks, UK

Being "Poor" is all about not having access to scarce resources. If you help the "poor" to use scarce things then they get even scarcer and the price goes even higher. Then the producers get accused of "profiteering" and you end up like Stalin, who used fighter planes to increase farm production.

Pedro, Stratford,

I'm a pensioner with the good fortune to have a small private pension which unfortunately takes me out of the "benefits" loop that is essential if I am to receive any help for insulation or house improvements. Nevertheless I don't have spare cash to improve my home. Catch 22.

Christine, Wales,

More proof that Labour isn't interested in the working class. This week they announced financial support for home electricity generation - another middle class bonus - yet it didn't tell the power companies to cut rates for pre-pay users immediately.

But, of course-pay users aren't middle class!

Ted, Cheshire,

Oh so much spin again from Brown - a grandly titled action plan that actually contains no government action of substance. Lets face it the poorest tend to be on pre-paid meters and do not have access to on-line rates and benefits of monthly direct debits. The answer is to give them access to these.

Pete Smith, London,

"Action Plan" is merely management speak for inaction.

Rupert Grovellier, Oxford, Oxfordshire

"david, Gloucester, UK"
Has it crossed you ,mind that many people were doing the things you suggest when energy was "cheap"?
I probably wear more clothes indoors than you do outdoors!!

Rupert Grovellier, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Labour create proverty through the tax system, then they create a bureaucracy so we have to fill in forms to get our money so we can pay our bills. Just look at all the tax increases Labour have targeted at business and consumer no wonder cost of living increasing, example my council tax up 75%.

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

There are some things that competition is good for and others not, we have plenty of Oil, Gas, Coal, Wind and tital power sources....why does this government allow foreign companies to squander our natural wealth.

Adrian, Aldershot, ENGLAND

If the government really wants to tackle fuel poverty it should break the energy cartel that it engendered by allowing electricity generation and supply to be under the same ownership. Throwing money at certain low income groups may make good headlines but doesn't tackle the root cause.

Paul, Coventry,

All of us are suffering.. Why target the vunerable only? What if you are just above this level?

Hamad Lone, London, England

The should have kept the utilities in public ownership.It would have been better than buying the Rock which looks like costing the tax payer billions.

stephen hulton, eure, france

Since the primordial soup, water, light and heat have been an essential to life. in a developed society they should be readily available to everybody as basic necessities. They need to be paid for, BUT at basic osts. There is no room here for individual profits. Fuel poverty is an obscenity.

Bill, Suzhou, China

Well meter fiddling will surely be on the rise this winter

Phill, The Wirral, England

And where do these companies think those of us on less than 18kpa, and a family to feed, aer going to get the money from?

Dave Kinsley, Derby, UK

Who can say that spending more than 10% of our income on energy is inappropriate? Maybe in the future it will be 20 or 30 % for everyone?

If we are to move to a lower carbon future someone needs to start burning less fossil fuel.

Increase VAT on fuel to 17.5 % and scrap stamp duty - move house

Chris, London,

I do not agree with giving more just to certain groups in society.
Everyone is struggling and there are plenty of working poor who simply because they are working do not qualify for help towards energy bills.
This system merely condones what the greedy companies arew doing hiking up their prices.

Stephen Holmes, Withington , UK

All these things appear to be lawyers and economists solutions to problems. Look for cheaper deals! Whereas the market is telling us to reduce our energy consumption and particularly that which uses gas or oil, either directly or indirectly. Start with warm clothes. Can you still get Long-Johns?

david, Gloucester, UK