Scots 'overwhelmingly want John Swinney to act on crisis of cold damp homes'

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John Swinney must do more to end Scotland’s cold homes crisis which remains an overwhelming priority for the public, fuel poverty experts have warned.New figures from the Warm This Winter campaign found that 94 per cent of Scots want action on lowering our record energy prices.It was announced last week that energy bills will fall by an average of £122 annually per household from July to stand at £1568 - the lowest since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago.But bills remain well above pre-pandemic levels and are about £400 higher than three years ago.And campaigners warned there is still a massive underlying crisis in Scotland - with some 400,000 people stuck living in homes so poorly insulated they are deemed uninhabitable.They are also urging Swinney not to ditch or dilute the Holyrood government’s flagship Heat in Buildings Bill - which aims to make our homes more energy efficient and greener long-term.Fi Waters, spokeswoman for the Warm This Winter campaign, said: “The First Minister has pledged to tackle child poverty and a good place to start is in the home.“All children deserve a warm, dry home, in fact it should be a basic human right for all Scots, which is why policies such as the Heat in Buildings Bill needs to be a central pillar of his parliament.“Our polling found over half of Scottish people want more government help for people struggling to pay high energy bills, half want to see more funding for solar panels and four in ten more money for insulation.“The Scottish people have spoken and want a government that will fix the broken energy system… Swinney should listen.”The ScotPulse survey of 2660 people earlier this month found the public divided on solutions - but with majority support for more financial