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BBC Radio 5 Live Energy Day Poll

ComRes interviewed 1,035 British adults by telephone between 30th August and 1st September 2013. Data were weighted to be representative of all UK adults aged 18+. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules.

Date Published: 04 Sep 2013

Categories: Economy | Energy | Public and communities | UK

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BBC Radio 5 live can exclusively reveal that a quarter of people in the UK say they have put up with “unacceptably cold temperatures” at home because of struggles to pay energy bills, while 77% of people think energy prices are set unfairly.

 

BBC Radio 5 live commissioned ComRes to carry out a recent survey to understand people’s attitudes to energy as part of 5 live’s Energy Day taking place on Thursday 5th September. ComRes interviewed 1,035 UK adults and discovered:

 

- A quarter of people say they have put up with “unacceptably cold temperatures” (25%)

- 67% of people support having more wind farms in their area  

- 77% of people think energy prices are set unfairly

- 69% of people think energy companies should be nationalised

 

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