A DEMONSTRATION calling for the eradication of fuel poverty is planned in Glastonbury tomorrow (April 1).

Unite, the union, will bring its Unite Energy 4 All campaign to to Market Place between 11am and 1pm, demanding “nobody should choose between heating or eating”.

The day of action comes as the latest energy price cap rise comes into effect, a rise of 6.4 per cent from £1,738 to £1,849 for an average dual-fuel household.

Unite’s Energy 4 All campaign, which has been running since 2023, calls for the eradication of fuel poverty, and national control of energy resources.

Protest events are being held across the UK in around 40 locations with Unite members joining with other fuel poverty and pensioner groups to draw attention to the issue.

Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, said: “It’s time to end the chaos in our energy network, which allows profiteers to flourish while workers and communities are left in the cold.

“No one should ever have to choose between heating and eating. We believe it is time for public ownership and for fuel poverty to be consigned to the dustbin of history.”

Simon Coop, Unite’s national officer for energy and utilities, added: “Unite is unique as a Trade Union in organising in the workplace and the community, and our Industrial members in the Energy sector are right behind Unite Community’s day of action.

“OFGEM have failed to protect consumers. For too long they have sided with the profiteering energy companies over the most vulnerable in our country and we stand in full support of the campaign against fuel poverty and for public ownership of our energy sector.”

Unite is also running the Defend the Winter Fuel Allowance campaign, which demands that the Labour government reinstates the Winter Fuel Payment and is calling for the introduction of a wealth tax to pay for it.