Energy bills to rise by more than £800 in October
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2022
- Energy bills are set to go up by more than £800 this autumn - as the regulator warned that the price cap is likely to hit £2,800 in October.
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Ofgem's boss described soaring gas prices as a "once in a generation event" - made even more acute by Russia's war in Ukraine.
Campaigners say - millions more people will be thrust into what is known as “fuel stress” - forced to choose between paying for food or heating their homes.
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The cost of living dilemma seems to be a global issue, yet it has gotten worse in the UK due to the rise in the cost of many commodities. The government, in my opinion, has the power to lower electricity prices, but for some reason, I don't think they are worried about what the average person would do in these strangely difficult circumstances.
It’s crazy they charge this ridiculous fees as electric bills. I tell my self imagine I drive a Tesla and I have to charge regularly before I use my car maybe I would be paying over that prices 😂
Things are getting dicey, and the sad part is that a lot of people won't realize how bad things are until it's too late.
I don’t think the war caused this current inflation, the government need a proper strategy on how to tackle this situation. They need to learn from Switzerland I think.
I would probably need to get a second job with this current inflation it’s increasing been difficult. I make an okay income but the price of things keeps increasing, it’s sad.
@@archiemoore3515 it’s really hard times, I had lots of ups and downs working different jobs. Glad my investments started paying off so I can quit them, my decision to put in some money valued and growth stocks has really saved me.
Yet again the Tories are blaming the Ukraine war as an excuse. All this started way before the war, also the UK import only 5% of gas from Russia so that excuse doesn't wash I'm afraid.
Shouldn't import any.
Wonder then why Scottish power (a company that apparently use renewable energy sources) hiked up their price from £150 per month to £500 per month haha.
@@srinfinity5587 because of the war. Wholesale prices went up globally. Retail prices reflect it. They use natural gas still
I mean they sell energy to the mainland aswell, which is odd at this time tbh
They they helping Ukraine and their country suffer 😎😎🤐
Same here in Germany... many people couldn't pay their energy bill in autumn.... but the rich getting richer every day.... why is energy so expensive....?. We feeling with you english sisters and brothers we are one tribe... 🏴🙏🇩🇪
@@LeeLee-BB well Mrs. Merkel was quite naive to trust the Russian.... Great mistake, but the west must stick together against the Russians... 🙌
Yes it's not good at all. I can see hyperthermia becoming rife this winter.
You made yourself heavily dependent on russian gas and oil.Time to invest in more eco-friendly solutions.
Yes we are your cousins 😊
All this is for their Satanic agenda 2030, leading to approx 500'000 very young humans left and connected to AI. The rest of us is for their ritual mass murder!!! But we are not falling for it, our numbers speak for themselves. Don't lose heart, we'll win this spiritual war.
Energy production should be a priority for the government. Instead, the Tories sold it all off under the guise of privatisation and now we have a cartel extorting the British people. The government also cut funding for renewables and took us out of the EU where we had cheaper prices as part of a trading block. This is a serious situation that has been allowed to happen by our reliance on other nations to meet much of our energy needs. Completely avoidable if we were self-sufficient in energy...
Tories have been trying to increase energy production for a long time while while labour have been saying end fracking and gas production. In the last vote, nearly all Labour mps voted for banning fracking and a few didn't bother voting and only one voted against. Labour wanted us to import all our gas and oil from abroad which would've increased the cost even more
@@adam6543 Tories have cut renewables, cut funding for development and Labour are not in power so stop the whataboutery. This is all down to Tory incompetence. Including Brexit, billions lost to fraud and our reliance on Norway and Russia for our energy needs. Fracking provides so little at such risk that it's pointless mentioning... Go read about geopolitics and look at countries like Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark and see how the Scandanavian model of Social Democracy provides a much higher standard of living...
Tories are silencing any opposition too, why do you think they are privatising channel 4, a broadcaster who criticises them? They are also eliminating human rights for undesirables (refugees) because they dare use their right to a free trial
@@SCP--ck5ip Agreed, They have also infiltrated the BBC. The chair of the BBC is Richard Sharp long term Tory donor of over £400,000, Robbie Gibb who was the former director of communications in No 10 for Theresa May is on the board at the BBC and Tory donor Catherine Baxendale is on the panel picking BBC board members. The Director-general of the BBC is former Tory candidate Tim Davie.
just print more energy ?
we're so lucky, so many once in a generation events!
Once in 3 to 5 generations event.
I mean if every event is once in a generation, then is anything **really** 'once in a generation' anymore? 🤔 😂
we all shall write A BOOK
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Don't forget to volunteer in Ukraine.
The price rise can't be needed if the energy companies are making record profit
it is needed to for what is coming next. They need everyone to be cap in hand
Put simply, the bully takes our lunch each day. It started with some crisps, then it was crisps and a biscuit and then it was your entire lunch. Once in a while the bully takes pity and drops some crisps on the floor. Thing is the bully still has the rest of your lunch. Do we just sit back and take it? That is what I believe is happening with all our available income. They are squeezing it all so that people end up in debt, they own everything. Then they drip feed us whilst keeping people productive. This cannot be allowed in my opinion.
@Peter Hicks absolutely. You see it. 👊
@Peter Hicks Let’s all become pod people, eating bugs and hooked up to the metaverse via neuralink. So happy owning nothing.
What a country! What a government! What a system!
What a rosy post
Democracy ✊ freedom way
@@xiaomose7495 We don’t have real democracy and certainly not freedom. The only way to be free in this country is to be rich.
What a greedy set of people.
Yes, exactly how you have made it yourselves whack jobs 🤡🙄🥱
Gas is very cheap at the moment. The problem is we have nowhere to store it. Tories sold it off years ago and now blaming it on Ukraine.
These people don't give a damn about the poor and low paid. But come October there will likely be civil unrest in this country that will make anything before it seem like a nice little picnic. There must be immediate action to drastically reduce energy costs based on ability to pay!!!
nobody does, not just the tories.
It's typical of these third world countries... constant squabbling over scraps.
I'm hoping you are wrong, however, I think you are right and it is going to be very bad
Just need to work more hours or get a better paid job or a job...
@@mattg2861 yea sure because it's not like all those low skilled workers ever wanted better jobs with higher pay...
And what about those who are unable to work??
49 BILLIONS in fraudulent contract not pursued in law - a decision made by Sunak. THAT might go some way to alleviating the problem. 35 billion not collected in tax and customs and extra paperwork due to leaving the SM and CU. THAT would help wouldn't it? Windfall tax - BP already said that it would not hurt either the company nor the investors.
Why oh why don’t the media cover your points, you’re absolutely spot on. It’s infuriating that these points aren’t put forward.
Well said, you've made my points for me. The fraud write offs are a scandal
The government's pretence at helping the public with measly amounts whilst helping the big oil giants who don't need it, makes me so angry.
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Spot on, h. BP just reported it's largest quarterly profit in 14 years - £6.9 billion in underlying profits.
You're operating under the presupposition that the government exists to guide and support, when you realise the opposite is true none of this is surprising....albeit still just as infuriating. We're being bamboozled on purpose, its all manufactured.
all utilities should be publicly owned
Yeah ! T hat really worked well in
Venezuela / Cuba / East Germany ..?!?
@@2msvalkyrie529 trade embargos and economic sanctions caused poverty in venezuela and cuba to rise not who owned the utilities
UK Gas wholesale prices has dropped by 93% I dont understand why our prices have not dropped by that much
War is a great excuse...
Price gouging
because someone has to pay for losses incurred due to vogue cover comedian zelensky - that someone is you! You need to be milked financially stripped of all your assets and all your money taken from you and given to shareholders - all of it
Why they don't say about actual raise in cost, because saying £800 up is maybe on average but not applicable for many. It will not be same rise in cost for studio flats compared to 2 bed modern well insulated terraced house compared to old badly insulated 4 bed detached house. Some people heat on gas, some on electrics some have additional wood burners and some still heat on oil.
It would be more helpful to say it would rise e.i. 50% or 100% or 82% or however and we can calculate our actual rise in cost
How healty is the economy really when 14 million households are in danger of losing energy for their homes?
desperation will result in unrest
It’s not. At all. Our economy is skewed by the super rich and large corporations. If you took London out of the economy I wonder where the country would rank.
Things only gonna get worst
Get what you vote for eh, suck it up
Yeah, but then the rest of us who DIDN'T vote for it have to put up with the fuckers.
I never voted for this.
Remove VAT on energy, stop income & National insurance tax this will help the 12 million people and ease fuel poverty.
As someone who was struggling way before all this, I am pretty sure that this will be the event that kills me off.
get a better job and manage your money better.
@@thestealthgirl3231 that’s an appalling thing to say. Ignorant, foolish and delusioned
@@thestealthgirl3231 you really are quite rude and stupid as you obviously have no idea of reality.
Have you ever thought about working harder and getting a better paid job? (That’s what the tories think of people like us)
Come live in Warm California
I'm game for grouping up this winter and squatting at Boris's house, no chance of going cold there seeing as the tax payer pays his heating bills through expenses
You might get some free drinks whilst your there
Careful not to lean on the walls though. You might get wine & vomit on your clothes
for a home heated by 3 storage heaters this winter will cost around £5000 to heat if this continues, that is way above the price cap but those people with storage heaters have slipped through the protection net.
The price cap isn't a cap on how much it'll cost.
It's a cap on unit rates.
This winter I suggest to gather few sets of the following:
- 2 flower pots (one larger than the other)
- steel rod which is about 30 cm in length which could have screwed on nuts.
- pack of bolt nuts
- flower pot dish
- cheap candles
If you search flowerpot heaters, you will see what they look like. Heat from the candles (which are positioned at the lower end of that rod, which generates heat. This is then stored inside the numerous metal nuts and the rod, which is then transferred to the internal pot. Slowly but steadily, that heat is then dissipated in a small room. Perfect for small room DIY heaters which will cost you so much less. Pair that with an oodie for cold days, fluffy socks and a hot water bottle. That’s all you gotta do if it’s just you to take care of
@@srinfinity5587
That won't heat a home... Well unless you have a hundreds.
But then you'll die from carbon monoxide, so on the upside you won't need heating after that
@@Robert-cu9bm I’m not talking about heating for the whole home. I work in my living room and then work on my projects after my day job. If I’m going anywhere other than the living room, I can put on a jumper or an oodie. No problems there. But a heater like that, one or two will heat up a room by 3-4 degrees in 30fps to 1 hour. One of these heaters would do well for a small bedroom. And even then, all you’re doing is heating the metal and ceramic, which then radiates heat into the room.
Buy halogen heaters there cheap to buy 4 for under £100 use room by room lot cheaper than this.
I bet even if we have cold showers no heating and candles for light the standing charged will still be unaffordable ! Can anyone's work out how much just the standing charge on the gas and electricity will be after October ?
Answer - too much.
It is what is worrying me. At least I have plenty of candles.
The same thing is going on in the USA too! It's miserable, that's for sure
Wages need to go up 120percent :)
Don’t… my sides can’t take this much laughter. I’ve not seen a pay increase in years apart from moving jobs. I’m very fortunate in that I’m a skilled worker and so that option is open to me. But pre qualifying I would probably be looking at homelessness.
It must be so bad now...even when I lived in UK many years ago I can tell you first hand it's very cruel for families or single parents all across UK....even then mother's and children were hungry
Your medication must be wearing
off ! Where Did you find starving
people in Britain ! The airports have been jammed solid for weeks with people flying off on
holidays ......Idiot !
and the conservative government will do nothing. The UK has the worst insulated housing stock in Europe. Fix that through policy to bring down people's bills long term
That'll raise people's bills!... Who's paying to insulate them🤪
How come? Lived in Belgium & Germany and never noticed any draughts! Let's start with the radiators... should be placed by the window!!😅
@@Robert-cu9bm get rishi to phone his pals. sure theres a 4 billion floating around somewhere???
@@iracemaangenot7843 I've never understood putting radiators near a window! why?!
Wow, Brexit is going really well eh?
Newsflash same thing is happening to all countries in the eu
Here here! I'm staggered by the numbers of poor people who voted for it who are now badly impacted by it and they wonder why. They didn't know what they were doing, but incredibly they voted for it anyway. If in doubt, back out. It's common sense! You wouldn't buy a car you wasn't certain was going to work or if you could keep it under control, would you?
How does that make sense what has brexit got to do with global covid lie global infrastructure break down Russia invasion USA Dollar printing globalism all of this was coursed by global globalism globohomo policy and mass global control and agenda the eu making us Al dependent on Russia is somehow GOOD AND BREXIT BAD THE VERY THING YOUR TRYING TO DEFEND GLOBOHOMO NWO GREST RESET IS WHAT COURESED IT YOU MORON
@@bumfluffmcregor3730 Though we are being gouged way worse than others
OFGEM aren't fit for purpose. They are for the business not the consumer. REWARD low users, not punish them with higher pro rata costs due to unfair unrealistic profit making standing charges!!!! Scrap the standing charges to promote energy saving. Low users get stung by high charges despite using less energy. Current electricity standing charges are now around 50p a day which is ridiculous especially as we're currently in lower use months, no wonder the companies are making huge profits, they are getting paid for supplying nothing in many cases. Gas is more reasonable compared to electricity but still high. I rarely use Gas so paying c30p a day is a joke. I'd get rid of it but have conflicting information on disconnection costs.
DON'T PAY YOUR ENERGY BILL We need to make a stand
Companies need to give back not raise prices
Now is the time to prepare for the winter costs. Tighten the belt, stop smoking/drinking, no more getting your nails or hair done, no hanging around pubs with friends, no concerts, no buying unless it's a need. Buy and stock up on foods that are on sale. Buy bulk and share the cost with a friend. Get used to wearing sweaters and socks on cooler days instead of hiking up the heat. Use car gas sparingly, and no last minute dashes to the corner store for a nightly treat. Reduce subscriptions, pay for minimal tv and internet. You have to start somewhere, and now is the time. It's going to be a tough winter to get through.
My family already are doing those things and still struggle we have three disabled people living here and cant get a job as they are in need of support all day long. and iam elderly person ss well. My daughter and her small child moved in because she cant live alone and afford everything. It's bad already with one increase.
Stop wasting money scribbling on your body with disgusting tattoos. Funny people too poor for food have money have tattoos.
@@juliaw6923 .. So sorry to hear that.. All this inflation is putting people under so much stress. I pray that things work out for you. 💞
@@TheThriftyGma thanks and thank you for showing people how to try to economies for the future.
No chance.
*Tory Britain*
Is it Tory Europe as well?
@@Robert-cu9bm yeah basically
What will happen is that people will not be able to pay their bills and they will be left unpaid, the energy companies are shooting themselves in the foot, just because they set a rate they won't get it, it will just create more debt and bankruptcy.
Money can’t be taken from us that we don’t have
Gas is a luxury unless you're very old, young, or sick. High rent prices are the biggest cost to average people.
Meanwhile the treasury enjoy an increase ‘take’ through the 5%VAT; CEOs of the energy companies enjoy lucrative renumeration packages and the shareholders enjoy increased Dividends! Who said privatisation would increase competitiveness?
No mention of price gouging or how the companies are still raking in record profits, regardless in fluctuations in wholesale energy prices. Labour's answer is to just argue for means testing and return to an already failing status quo, rather than offering something radically different and using this opportunity to make the case for real change. People not talking about renationalisation of energy right now are all time wasters...
The doners and companies with revolving door between gov and business will never have it being mentioned in the msm.
It's not just the energy prices households are struggling with. The cost of the basics like food have shot through the roof. It's barely even affordable for people to eat these days.
I'm a EU truck driver. For many years uk imports a lot. But export not so much.
U live above your means.
@@nstl440 well I somehow don't think that people are living beyond their means wen they can't afford the basics to live like food or heat. Living beyond your means wud be having luxuries like eating out in restaurants, holidays etc..
@@LivingOnaPrayer123 As a country in lives above their means.
On top of that wealth is unequally distributed.
People who work 40 hours per week can probably pay their bills.
@@nstl440 people that work can't afford their bills either. The cost of living doesn't match the minimum wage unfortuately
@@LivingOnaPrayer123 People vote for systems that are not able to build a sustainable life.
Now they reap the consequences
I am NOT going to pay my energy bills ..
Get threatening letters and enforcement at your door
I don’t blame you and understand. My friend cancelled both her direct debits gas/electric as she couldn’t afford it. She works part time and is a mother to a toddler. They can’t cut you off. Do whats best for you. I wish you the best seriously. I’m worried myself I’m heavily pregnant and worked hard my whole life. But came crashing down due to my depression, anxiety and ptsd. I hold a BA degree in counselling integrative therapy and you hear people say get a job, work more hours, study get qualifications but with everything happening even with being qualified it just isn’t enough. Everything is just challenging whether that’s getting a job that pays enough or even wants to employ you. Food prices, gas prices, energy prices. The government knows what his doing.
@@momurda6 and what will they do then? They can't put half the population in jail for non payment of bills,
If there was ever a case for mass civil disobedience this is it.
@@maximoo9861 That’s right ! Just looked at your music video and have to say thank you for commenting.. I hadn’t listened to Rita Coolidge for so many , many years . My day died suddenly last year and seeing your music list reminded me of him ..
Well you mean for some, like even now for myself my electric and gas is barely any different to what it was for the past few years and I'm on a pay as you go meter. Switching from tariff was best thing I did, pay as you go isn't as expensive as what's made out hence companies trying everything they can to not let you switch. Like my electric is £1 a day on a 1 bed, that's me being in allday with TV on allday, using boiler (heating and hot water) I dinr ever switch sockets off at wall and so on and so fourth. This affects those with multiple rooms, with multiple tvs and with storage heaters, bigger appliances and so on, so fourth...
Raised by more than £800 in October. How do the Gov expect average people to pay that? Genuine question.
it looks like our only options are either not using gas at all, or finding the cheapest gas provider that we can.
economic slaves must pay for vogue cover comedian zelensky
Put simply, the bully takes our lunch each day. It started with some crisps, then it was crisps and a biscuit and then it was your entire lunch. Once in a while the bully takes pity and drops some crisps on the floor. Thing is the bully still has the rest of your lunch. Do we just sit back and take it? That is what I believe is happening with all our available income. They are squeezing it all so that people end up in debt, they own everything. Then they drip feed us whilst keeping people productive. This cannot be allowed in my opinion.
Food or energy, it is interesting that Ch4 does not mention those that struggle to afford either of these requirements weekly a situation where their choices are simple, go without or run up huge debts then get accused of abusing their children. You certainly know something is seriously wrong in the UK when the fastest growing sectors are Customs agents and Debt collectors.
a small part of their 'final solution'
Getting set up for winter, 2 hot water bottles, fan heater, 42" TV and firestick up in the bedroom.
I live alone so the obvious answer is to live in the bedroom over winter ❄️ - I'm going to do short 15 minute blasts of the fan heater and the TV gives a bit of heat, I think I will be able to manage the bills with this method.
Yes my friend lives alone she does exactly that
An electric blanket would be cheaper than a fan heater plus thermal underwear.
There will be untold damage to the rest of any property that doesn't get heated fully at least morning and night.
Small money saving tip, cancel your TV licence ( i did in 2019) , Netflix, don't buy coffee from the big chains, quit booze/smoke, lottery tickets, impulse buying ,unnecessary taxi rides and branded clothes.
Get rid of the t.v., I did 22 years ago.
Yet Brits are expected to celebrate the jubilee of a wealthy woman from a family who lives off tax payer Money
stop payig the tv lincense and get £159 towards your new energy bill
Even better, get rid of the t.v. as I did 22 years ago.
Energy prices increase before the ward in Ukraine, back in October last year!
The self imposed sanctions from the west have made life more difficult for everyone while companies are paying little to no tax on their mega profits!!!
Get yourself a company you will find there are no mega profits
Put simply, the bully takes our lunch each day. It started with some crisps, then it was crisps and a biscuit and then it was your entire lunch. Once in a while the bully takes pity and drops some crisps on the floor. Thing is the bully still has the rest of your lunch. Do we just sit back and take it? That is what I believe is happening with all our available income. They are squeezing it all so that people end up in debt, they own everything. Then they drip feed us whilst keeping people productive. This cannot be allowed in my opinion.
I'd be really interested in knowing how much people are paying per kw today?
I'm with Utilita:
Rate 1 (night rate): 15p per kw
Rate 2 (day rate): 33p per kw
Rate 3 (first kw of the day): 85p per kw
No standing charge.
For a Bulb customer (as of the latest price increase on 1 Apr 22):
Night rate - 18.57 p/kWh
Day rate - 32.08 p/kWh
Standing charge 30.69 p/day
Fyi, i'm in an electricity-only flat, & my bill is 3x what it was 2 years ago, & my kWh usage has been pretty consistent.
@@Lee.S321 Thanks Lee. I switched from British Gas Energy in 2020 to avoid the 29p standing charge. Being single i don't use much electricity in the summer (0.5- 1.3kw per day) but winter will be a nightmare with my storage heaters consuming 12 kw per day.
I will check with my personal assistant and butler and get back to you about this. Good question
Dublin it's 21 c kw minus 25% discount plus 9% tax I think. Standing around 50/60 c
It is OBVIOUS that there needs to be a tier system for the cost of energy, the less you have the less you pay per unit cost!!!! We have the poorest paying the same unit cost for a kilowatt hour that multi-millionaires and billionaires are paying and it is clearly NOT FAIR!!!!!
The poor don't pay the same unit cost as anyone else. They pay the highest because they very often have top up metres. Its a shocking situation and hard to believe top up metres are still installed in so many properties. Those who pay by direct debit pay the cheapest rate.
So you're saying that richer people should pay more for their energy per kilowatt hour. That's like saying if you go to asda to Warburton bread its a pound or so but for rich people we should charge them 2 pound because they earn more even though its the same bread.
Life isn't fair, get over it.
@@adam6543 now you're getting it.
We shouldn’t have billionaires in the first place
BEHOLD A PALE HORSE
So many many many videos from last summer talking about the expected increases and the anticipated fuel poverty, but is there anything current on the actual winter situation?
Nationalise all energy companies. Energy, water, basic food rations and housing should be human rights, free for everyone. It’s a disgrace how that is not the case in one of the richest countries in the world. There should be no such thing as the “cost of living”. How can we pay for it? Tax the rich and impose a 100% tax on all energy companies before full nationalisation.
Ha ha ha ha free for everyone...
Tried warning those close for a good 2yrs, got laughed at in the end even frowned upon as if I know everything. Well guess what guys, I wasn't wrong again, wish they would turn their tv Programming off.
I understand you, as I have been saying the saying the same…
Contradictions are sharpening. This system cannot continue to provide for us
I never put heating on in winter put it on for Xmas day and that's it
Tax the business got free money grants the government should get the money back of the business
This is an abyssmal situation but I'm working on the assumption that caps will be even greater than the £2,800 projected.
Energy bills to rise by more than £800 in October, then £900 by Novemeber....
And I ain’t paying a dime more than what I was paying before the pandemic. They can suck my rod
they all live in 'supposed' $450,000 houses, yet cant afford toothpaste ?
I'd like to revoke my british citizenship and move to Rwanda please.
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Funny how this is just so much worse in the UK compared to any other European country, I wonder what the "recent" difference is..
Electing a pm with blond hair. 😆
@@MrStarsuicide 😂🤣😂
Privatising energy companies and failing to invest in other technologies - got to make money for the shareholders ! An utter disgrace ! This is plunging millions into abject poverty ,ill health etc whilst the richest profit from this awful situation .The government really must address this .
@@MrStarsuicide It's not his hair that makes him a prat, it's his politics. He's racist, sexist, homophobic, selfish, manipulative, a liar, and self-obsessed.
Not true. Germany pays more for energy than anyone. The ‘cap’ is not what you have to pay. The media love to stoke up these stories. You only pay for what you use. Yes, there are many many genuine cases, but most will get by with rationing energy and turning down the heat and turning off appliances. I have turned my boiler thermostat down to 50 degrees and the place is still warm, and that makes my condensing boiler work more efficiently anyway. I put on layers, just like people do in freezing countries. People need to get out walking in the fresh air and that will save money and keep them warm. And why are all these stories all about women with children, where are the men? Do these ladies have no husbands/partners? No family to help them out etc? I think the media are running a propaganda campaign.
Not to say though that there ARE many genuine situations and help should be given to them by all means. The rest including me - a 70 odd year old pensioner on a minimum income, we will survive if we use our common sense. Thanks for all the help the government are giving us!
I can't say I have the answer but it's not my job to. I do know that ppl who blame green initiatives have the comfort to do so as they won't be around in 50 or whatever years to witness the absolute horror show that's coming.
If the people who blame green initiatives will not be around in 50+ years, why should we pay for it? It will not benefit us.
@@juliewills8034 I take it you don't have children Juls?
@@RollieUK Absolutely not.
We need to stop paying for the gas and electricity. Let them take us all to court. I'm not ever sure the charges are lawful!
If you can't afford it, don't buy it!
@@vatsmith8759 applies to everything yet people love to borrow and pay even more for stuff they can't afford
Does anyone has solar panelled batteries/plugs in Windows? I seen some different types in eBay. Wondering will they work in UK? I am at home during evenings so during day they could charge and then in evening could use them instead to cut electricity a bit
Just to give you an idea....most families with kids on welfare ...and of course if male unemployed the mother has to feed all children and male on 100a month!
Yeah now I know how I can survive on do little as I did back in UK with two children and a ball and chain
boycot energy
Generation FUBAR has had a once in a lifetime, war, pandemic, gas crisis, food crisis, shipping crisis, supply chain crisis, fertilizer crisis, climate crisis, manufacturing crisis.............am I missing anything?
All manufactured
Let's get one thing straight, the only reason the big oil/gas companies have raised the price of crude oil is they are profiteering from the Ukraine/Russian war. Crude oil isn't scarce, not at this time and not for a long time. They have seen the opportunity to make out crude oil is scarce when it's not, purely to push up prices for profit.
Oil is for the cars. We should be on nuclear and turbine power, the occasional solar panel. Even if crude oil was scarce, we should at least be able to power our homes.
I mean I have been in stress here in USA...and there are Pantry's but in UK I never saw one...myself only as a one off day....when I moved to Wales and some locals said there is a once a year pantry!so I went along and people were very timid about it although very poor....but just a one off thing once a year
Even if ukraine war stops today, prices won't slow until next year spring. And the decrease in price will be 5% per quarter, it'll take 3 years until its back to normal. This is if war stops today.
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This is a direct consequence of a world economy. The global plantation system is disintegrating.
Shell 93 pence BP 88 pence why such big difference we are being conned and fleeced. I feel sorry for those who have to travel to work luckily i am retired and need to use my car much
What is this CAP! There is no cap! Cap means a maximum amount you'll pay for something. THERE IS NO CAP.
It is purely a cap on the average price per unit charged based upon the AVERAGE home consumption. Therefore, as with all "averages" 50% of people will pay MORE than the cap, hence its not a cap at all! Lies lies and more lies. And this is nothing to do with Russia, this all started way before.
That’s fine. Move to Russia and you’ll gonna pay 30$ for gas per months at winter ( warm floor technology, gas for cooking) for 3 bedroom apartment. And without warm floor 10$ per months from April till November.
Also for electricity and water 50$ monthly( 5 people in household) .
Only $50 for electric and water for 5 people?! 😳and 30 for gas a month? 😅 so low .
But I suppose the offshoot is living with Putin in charge..
Good idea I go there and earn £30 a month
@@louisvuitton56 average salary40.000₽ around 600-700$ nowadays monthly. like teacher or cashier.
If you manager somewhere in company or private school teacher or a private doctor etc your salary goes from 2000$ and no limits depends how much extra work you got.
@@ktktktktktkt yes it’s how i pay last 3 years. Before it was even lower.
May be this year it’s gonna be even less.
@@louisvuitton56 you are meant “a 30$ per day” I’m suppose
Even Taxi drivers makes 100$ a day after taxes and other expenses
"Can you tell me - because I genuinely don't understand - why one of the most lucrative and profitable industries in the world, ie the petro-chemical industry, needs subsidy of any kind?" Chris Packham
Boris & JRM: "Because we can't think of anything else that Brexit let us do, so we picked the crappy subsidy option." 😂
Won't use it then
This is not ok .
Blame Putin,covid and solar activity.
Cry More
Here's a thought .
Scrap per day standing charges & make the first 1 or 2 Kwh of each day free !
Sounds great.
It's going to be a very grim winter
Worse than the last 2 years! Crime will rise and also suicides - death by cost of living......
An Economy Wealthy as Ours ,really ! While 40% cannot afford to pay their energy bills.
time for guy fawkes. rip the whole system down and start again.
My brother used to wear a tee shirt stating, " Guy Fawkes had the right idea". I wonder how many others had thought about it as well. At least People could keep warm from the aftermath. 😆
@Denise From 2018 "V for Vendetta"
Going up again over £4000 now💀💀💀💀💀this winter
I wander if this means people will look at renewables now and choose this option in the long run...
It will be interesting if these increases will affect people in Government like MP's. It affects all of us and I wander if they are concerned...or will they have a loop hole on not paying / tax deduction...
The UK is sitting on a giant coal mine enough to supply electricity for 50 years
But your goverment thought it was cheaper to buy from overseas 🤔 😆 🤣 😂 😹
Utility bills here in Thailand £300 PA Max
When i lived in UK it was £1500 PA probably more now
Im pleased i moved
Well done 👏
Lol a coal mine more like 100 of them each withn500 yds plus coal
Very short sighted from the govt- Energy companies underpin the economy of a country....
From poor people suffering to companies bleeding cash, and therefore ability to invest in growth....
2 log burners. Collected wood for nothing for years. Just price of matches.
The people cannot increase their income by appointing a non indipendent Parliamentary commission that increases wages and incomes like the Members of Parliament do every year! This govern has put a crippling tax on petrol but is very fearful of stepping on the toes of energy companies that have made an extraordinary amount of earning this year. A perfect receipe for losing votes.
Ruled by oligarchs
Because everyone hears about the cost of living crisis daily, it has trashed my print business so badly I've gone from £15k profit last year to about £2k this year. My kids will be cold this winter as we'll of gone through our savings.
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good keep helping ukraine
no need to heat homes, just wear more clothes
I agree.
My c.h. is on half an hour morning and evening in winter to take the chill off the air and only sometimes on for longer.
It's 20º C in this room right now and I'm wearing a T shirt and shorts.
The UK has been accustomed to using cheap electricity produced in nuclear power plants. Have these plants been demolished to drive up the price of electricity so much? Maybe we are being ripped off.
Certainly mate
It's ok because the government are going to give people on benefits an extra £650 which is really going to help us working people 🙄
Maybe we should all just go on benefits as it wont be worth working at this rate.
Yes working people are told to use any savings to accommodate the extra rises in the cost of living. Disgusting.....
@@boobooj6739 Right and most of us cant afford to save as we are simply working to survive each month. Or the new patronising one from the establishment work longer and harder GTFOH 🤬
@@mysterymaverick1982 Totally agree with you. I fear after the last 2+ years there will be even more suicides and deaths - what will they put on the death certificate this time? Death by the rise of cost of living? People should have been rioting on the streets long before now but its too late - it's going to be a very grim winter indeed.
@@boobooj6739 It certainly is I'm already feeling the pinch my energy has doubled in the last 2 months and haven't used any more than usual. What I do think will happen is what Martin Lewis said people will protest in the form of non payment as they may have no other choice. It's sad to say but this is really going to take its toll on mental health and it will be far reaching too as this is going to effect the majority of people.
@@mysterymaverick1982 Put simply, the bully takes our lunch each day. It started with some crisps, then it was crisps and a biscuit and then it was your entire lunch. Once in a while the bully takes pity and drops some crisps on the floor. Thing is the bully still has the rest of your lunch. Do we just sit back and take it? That is what I believe is happening with all our available income. They are squeezing it all so that people end up in debt, they own everything. Then they drip feed us whilst keeping people productive. This cannot be allowed in my opinion.
And we have electric and gas companies 40 billion in profit.. heres your reason
Hot water bottles extra blankets woolly jumpers etc we are going backwards instead of forward
Once in a generation event is buzzwords to make it sound like a freak of nature.... and not their fault
No to vaccine passports, mandates or lockdowns.
oh my god - move on you numbnut, Covid is yesterday news. Seriously fella - you are looking silly now.
This has nothing to do with price gouging. Do keep up.
@@yvonnemccalla7282 probably a bot, they're everywhere.
Energy companies themselves have said they wouldn't be put off of investing evening they were taxed.
What is the relevance of the price cap? What does it mean? Is it a misnomer?
In my house we already have stopped using Gas completely. We have to let go the Gas so we can just afford to keep the electricity going, its terrifying to think there's another price increase coming up, we may soon have to cook and clean over a campfire and that is the truth.
Which country do you live ?
We pay 130 quid per month for gas AND electricity. What kind of prices do you pay that you have to abandon Gas completely?
My monthly direct debit is now £40 per month.
@@bill-2018 mine is 200£ a month. Almost 6 months ago it was £85
@@ezeee595 That's a huge increase for you. I'd cry at £85.
Of course mine will increase in winter but right now in summer I use very little. No fridge to run as I go shopping twice a week and walk it, no t.v. by choice, no dishwasher, I have an electric cooker but don't cook a lot. I'd say my most expensive item is using the internet, if I use it 4 hours a day it's probably one kWh per day assuming 250 Watts. I did last year but decided to cut down now.
After typing that it went down to £31 per month. Now because last month I used £31.93 they have upped my direct debit to £42 per month even though they have £55 of my money in credit. Why can't they use my credit to pay that extra 93 pence? Why bother staying in credit if it is no use, but they want us in credit. It's a rip off to get more money because they presumably get interest on it.
I'm considering a smart meter now, pay for what I use, BUT only if they can guarantee in writing it won't cause radio interference to my amateur radio equipment. If it does I also want it in writing they will remove it free of charge and give me back my old meter.
They won't of course.