The number of people living in fuel poverty in Dumfries and Galloway is “seriously frightening”, one councillor said this week.
Willie Scobie was shocked to learn from a new council report on energy efficiency that more than one in four households are forking out for sky high gas and electricity bills, while 16 percent are in extreme fuel poverty.
Both of these figures are above the national average and Mr Scobie, who represents Stranraer and the Rhins, is calling for more to be done to help people heat their homes cost-effectively.
