Heat's on FM over cold homes crisis

Fears green policies will be ditched or diluted

- DAN VEVERS

JOHN Swinney must do more to end Scotland's cold homes crisis which remains a 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 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 are still about £400 higher than three years ago.

Campaigners warned there is still an underlying crisis in Scotland, with 400,000 people stuck living in homes so poorly insulated they are deemed uninhabitable.