The Huhne and Clegg death toll

In opposition Nick Clegg campaigned against fuel poverty (yes, he really did, for instance see here and here and here).

The Mail (h/t GWPF) is highlighting that "More than five million households in England alone are living in fuel poverty as incomes stagnate and energy bills soar", explaining that "fuel poverty is where a family spends more than 10 per cent of its income on energy".

Ministers are under increasing pressure to abandon green energy targets amid warnings that fuel surcharges will put the lives of the most vulnerable at risk as they struggle to pay bills.

The Government faces calls to tear up or delay plans to force through a £200billion shift to wind turbines, wave power and new nuclear power stations.

Prices to consumers rose, and now energy prices have fallen back. Time for price cuts? Don't hold your breath. The government better pray for some serious global warming this winter.

Still, as Nick Grealy points out, the new National Infrastructure Plan mandates Chris Huhne's department to

Seek to clarify the potential contribution of shale gas and other unconventional resources to indigenous gas supplies. While a potentially significant discovery has recently been made in Lancashire, the scale of possible production is unknown at present. The Government will aim to produce updated estimates of the resource by March 2012.

That won't be soon enough for the people whose cause Clegg adopted in opposition. I wonder how many people he and Huhne will be responsible for killing this winter.

A Government-commissioned study earlier this year warned that more than 2,700 people are dying each year in England and Wales because they cannot afford to keep their homes warm.