Energy crisis: UK fuel poverty forcing people to food banks
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2024
- High energy bills have been fuelling the pain for those hit hard by the cost-of-living crisis.
Gas and electricity prices may have fallen, but new data shows more than three million households were still in fuel poverty last year - meaning they're living in draughty homes and struggling to pay their bills.
We’ve been to Coventry, where 20% of households are in fuel poverty.
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All while the Tories allowed British Gas’s profits to increase 900% last year. Maybe we should stop energy companies profiteering off the backs of working people, and then people wouldn’t be soo poor? Is that really such a crazy idea?
The Tories are British Gas let's face it the Tories are a lobby group for big business
Maybe they shouldn't be robbing everyone working or not ,comment was pure tory
The utilities should never be privatised, why would you put the country in the hands of private individuals? Doesn’t make sense.
The energy companies will just stop providing the UK with carbon.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw The bastards, how else are we supposed to die?
British Gas's profits have increased 943% within a single year. They could lower the prices and still make a killing. Pure greed.
'There's a good food bank around the corner. If you see Sid, will you tell him?'
No wonder I am poorer
Can't do that, shareholders need to buy a mansion for the grandkids.
In 2020 that made a loss of £1.1 billion.
Of course I payed a ton of money until now for gas and I barely use it. I don't understand what do I pay for
Government help with bills is just using your taxes to pay energy companies. It’s making the country poorer and energy companies richer.
Hard Truth.
Yeah we should stop all this more help for people on benefits they're well better off than me 👍
I find the Germans quite privileged
It’s pure socialism I don’t even blame the gov no more it’s the public begging for socialism and this is wat socialism creates
Sounds like someone might have had a bit too much to think.
I dislike the term fuel poverty, once upon a time ago my gas was no more than £20 a week, now it is £1 an hour to heat my home, and I now no longer heat my home with gas. Electric blanks, hot water bottles, warm clothes, warmer food and more exericising, and I have slashed my energy bills by doing this. This isn't about fuel poverty it is about EXPENSIVE fuel prices.
We are same it’s around £1.50 an hour ! Disgraceful
It cost me .30 cents per hour .45 per hour on really cold days to heat my home. It’s still cold, but I’ve gotten used to it.
What’s the alternative? It’s not viable to allow masses of unproductive useless consumers to continue to burn fossil fuels mindlessly just to keep their crappy inefficient little mud boxes warm, whilst pumping out pollution in the process. When you die, the t at that you were old will be absolutely meaningless and irrelevant, a little more so than now; however, the environment will still be there. Anyone who doesn’t understand that that the current situation is entirely orchestrated for this reason is wildly ignorant.
Amen. The con is that people visit food banks, the vast majority with mobile phone packages, tv packages, and, guess what, take-aways delivered to their doors, and they plead poverty. There are those in poverty, but not as many. I was brought up, in the 50's living hand to mouth, no luxury packages signed up to, no food deliveries, times hard, times made you, and even now I live carefully.
U were earned back in 2016 the consequences of brexit now u pay for it like this
When I was in UK. I saw empty boarded up streets under a constant grey sky, litter everywhere.
Homeless people sleeping in doorways. A women with cat whiskers makeup casually walking into Tesco with her pajamas. Opioid addicts out of their mind and women so drunk they urinated on the streets.
It's a sad declined country.
It's called the "pestilence" for a reason.
Immigration is ruinous
@@callumward7503r u saying Jesus is coming? R u saying pestilence is one of the signs?
and men so drunk they do the same
Yes, they've destroyed our cultural identity and this is the result.
Standing charges are high whether you use power or not
Because your meter and supply costs money whether you use it or not.
Too much for what it is @@charlesbridgford254
Denmark here 🇩🇰 Either you accept the system and nothing happens. Or you go to the streets and make the whole country come to a complete halt. Yes, there will be victims. But I see no other way. Individualizing the problem is a problem in itself. When you take away the personal shame and turn it into open protest, that's the first step. I am poor and I am proud.
Bravo!!
That's at the root of all the problems in the UK - the British do nothing, they moan a bit but do nothing about it. The government knows this and so things get worse and worse.
It's impossible to go to the streets when our country is so fundamentally divided, and in so many ways.
they are making it illegal to take to the streets. they know whats coming! they will be out soon tho thankfully.
multicultural societies are doomed to the garbadge bin of history @@studas2011
British Gas profits increased ten fold in 2023 to £750 million.
With a stat like this, it is not hard to find the reason for increasing fuel poverty in the UK:
profiteering by the energy companies that is being encouraged by their supine and complicit regulator, OfGem
I think you will find that BG profits last year were ACTUALLY £3.8 billion, as confirmed by their CEO on a morning show on BBC last week, when he admitted his salary/bonus had also risen to over £5Million!!!!!
3.8 billion?? That’s 3 thousand million pounds 💰🤦🏻. Obscene when some people are literally freezing 🥶
This is a disgrace. We as UK citizens should be ashamed.
Blame rishi he just sent £2 billion to Ukraine
@@sluddhu8262 And sending money to israel for committing genocide. Our political system is fu*ked
vote for Rishi he can promise you to give you something and you can get this only virtually
wow my comment was removed they don't like me mentioning about Israel activities.
Meanwhile your German monarchs are laughing at the British peasants 😂
When people have to unplug their refrigerators to conserve you have a huge problem.
Unplugging fridge freezers and wasting food, they need to get a grip
Unplugging the fridge for several hours isn't a problem. Where I live the price of electricity goes to 2.7 times normal rates from 3 to 7 pm. I nearly always unplug during those hours and haven't lost a thing. I guess it helps that I don't store meat in the fridge.
@@kamaldeepjohal9372 They need to get rid of mobile phone packages and tv packages, etc. fridges cost little to run, but the rest of what they have does. How about turning off the tv, the computer, stop charging the mobile phone, etc
@@dougaldouglas8842Yeah sure you can get rid of the TV but a mobile phone bill is unfortunately a necessity. We need them to communicate.
Well, it's about being ecological too. I have the minimum possible appliances. I have a fridge, washing machine and oven, and that's it. No food mixers, microwaves, electric whisks etc. the rest of the earth's species are dying because humans keep on consuming and wanting more, so as far as I'm concerned turning down the heating and using less energy is a step in the right direction.
as a foreigner watching this I am very surprise to see what is happening in the U.K. I hope a turn around happens for many people .
the uk is awful do not come
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British Gas Profit Increase by 943%.
Price gouging by the energy suppliers as wholesale gas prices went down to pre corvid prices. Don't forget the big increases in standing charges for this year!😪
And this is why we have high inflation
"Unashamed greed"--- the Tory slogan.
We've had a very mild winter. Can't imagine what the statistics would look like if we had a cold one.
The last three winters have been mild. A cold one is bound to come soon.
Me too. Energy bill is now crazy.
I was paying £60-70 on energy before ukraine war but today i’m paying £130 . Even when I try not to use any energy!
I am poor
wholesale gas prices went down to pre corvid prices.
@@Nemo59646 maybe at your house
And me coats sleeping bag on bed x
The electric bill for my flat in Spain was 53,43€ last month. But hey, who needs the EU when you got Sovereignty, rite ? Just look at your blue passport and that will surely keep your face from turning blue in winter!
@@innageorgievadoychinova578I don’t think sarcasm fit this situation. They freely chose to leave the EU and now that choice has severe consequences.
I wanted to go in England to work but seeing this is discouraging.
It's still good here, but there are too many freeloaders arriving, and it costs the workers billions.
Pure greed
Nope sliding back into ur dark ages. Neocolonialism of Africa is coming to an end and you are seeing the effects of it
I know!!!! It’s outrageous that these people think they have the right to ultra low energy prices.
I'm in the US. This is the first month where if I pay all of the utilities, there is zero money for food.
Is a can't afford food look into a food pantry
I live in the states I'm on a level payment plan can you afford to do that
@@debbieframpton3857I’m assuming you voted for Biden…
look at British Gas profits disgrace Enough GE
Nationalize all utilities
Especially rip-off water companies.
Yeah why do we buy most of our energy off France ☹️
@@smittykoiso that that mad old chrone Thatcher could sell off our utilities to give the people who voted for her the illusion of prosperity... so she cou.d have a cew more terms to ruin this country, until her own government got sick of her.
They Will do it actually, they are waiting when the debts reach the top. They always privatize profits and nationalize the debts!
How will that stop immigration?!
Ten years ago my electric was about £17 a month. It is now at least £60. It has more than tripled in that time. It has doubled since 2020.
I don't get it. The price of natural gas has tanked reaching record lows. Why is energy so expensive in the UK? Sorry, I am a Canadian so don't have much knowledge of the circumstances in the UK.
The skyrocketing profits of British Natural Gas. Corporate greed and the conservatives don’t care as long as they get their money.
Millions upon millions have been stolen ( electric ) because of cannabis farming , industries in UK pay a flat rate in many circumstances i.e they use as much electricity as they want because there is no meter charging them by the unit , unlike the public who have to pay for every watt , regardless , therefore the public are getting the increase to recoup the losses and losses from the incentives given to big businesses
It's called greed British gas made 943%profit through the Ukraine war causing most ordinary people to heat or eat ,obviously every business and home has had to deal with a 300% more expensive price!!!GREED UTTER GREED
@@nancyhood8395well... I suppose the lesson from this is to stop being a US lapdog and getting into expensive wars....
Can’t steal from Africa anymore
Just got by gas and electricity bill for this quarter. My eyes popped out of my head and I work as a full time prosecution lawyer so its not just the people living below minimum wage. The energy companies are taking the abolute p#ss to put it mildly. Our government are doing nothing about it which is what makes this a travesty.
Well in 2016 you were warned of brexit consequences now your eyes are popping out. You get what u pay for. U voted brexit you were warned that prices are gonna rise now its happening
@@cliffsofmoher4220 I didnt vote for brexit. I voted to remain.
@johnny10gunz19 I mean it's not you in particular we remainers have to suffer because of them. Now we have to pay the bills because brexit voters don't have a brain arguing with a brexit voter is equivalent to arguing with a flat earther
@johnny10gunz19 well its not you in particular. But look brexit voters will still deny it
If gas and electric are too expensive, consider switching companies or move to fixed tariff. Last year I was on a standard variable tariff and paid £1600 for gas for the year. I decided to switch to a fixed tariff to be paid by direct debit to British Gas. Am now paying £80 a month which equates to £960 a year. I’m saving £640 in comparison to last year.
In Eastern Europe the people live much better in a country where the GDP is much worse
Very true,I was recently in Romania and I tell you fully agree.
True to some extent. Thou i mis UK politeness and culture
As far as modern countries go, the UK is so so bad now. Like what a mess it is haha, its one of the most poorly run modern countries ever. The greed that is here is staggering. Where can you even leave to? We have no other home.
I left for Mexico. Been here 2 years, never been happier.
Brexit means Brexit😂😂
@mimi64231 thanks for the zero use comment. Glad you're here.
Modern country, UK. Are you sure?
This is heartbreaking. Alot of the pensioners today grew up in poverty in 1950’s. 21 st. Century should not be like this. Council tax and water rates still going up as well gas and electricity.
The fuel wouldn't be a problem if the rent wasn't so high! The cost of housing in this country is ridiculous. Such a huge percentage of our pay just evaporating instantly.
It is the same in Australia. Rents huge and Interest rates on housing massive..lots of people living in cars, tents and a lot homeless. Cost of surviving disgusting. My beautiful country is ruined. For what POWER AND GREED.
Boris and the Tories did this after they stopped a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. You remember that
Shame on you for trivialising the Ukraine war. You would let Hitler run amok if that kept your bills down.
@@ronaldchristenkkson you clearly do not know what you are talking about. Or you are a bot. Either way you've delivered genocide as a result of your incompetence
@@ronaldchristenkksonyou clearly can’t read.
How can you justify stopping a peace deal?
@@thebaneofyourexistence.3377 Neville Chamberlain supporter. How archaic.
@@ronaldchristenkkson behave yourself.
This is what happens when you have 15 years of complete wage stagnation, we’re all still poorer than we were back in 2008. Jobs do not pay enough to live off here and we’re going to become like America where you need to have at least two jobs to survive.
Couple the ideological fanaticism of the Tories decimating the Welfare State and it’s a disaster. Starmer’s Labour will be no better either.
None will be any better but they tories must go.
It is a sad reality for the people of UK. Wage is not increasing. It is crazy to live there in UK.
They are all the same
Wrong. We are not all poorer. There’s a strata well above us who are doing very well indeed…..
Crazy how can this be I see really nice cars getting free food
Yeah it's called spending beyond their means
@@smittykoi bet most also smoke 3 packs a day, got the latest phone, netflix and play the lottery
You don't know people's circumstances they might have lost their job or spouse.
Don't judge
Luckily for me I have savings at the moment. I try to use as little energy as possible but the constant increase in standing charges keeps my bills higher than they should be.
I am seriously considering going off grid and getting the energy companies to remove their meters from my house. I think it’s time to bite the bullet as energy prices and standing charges will only continue to rise due to rip off net zero madness.
It's not the energy crisis, energy costs are lower, it's the food crisis, with real food inflation at least 14%, when you include shrinkflation!
If the energy companies have doubled the price of energy while increasing profits, then yes its defined as a energy crisis.
@@mikethebloodthirsty It is both. The inflation of food has been enormous. The inflation on Gas has been enormous. It's not just 1 thing. It's everything needed to live. Housing, rents, groceries, fuel etc...
Who do you think caused it brexit voters did all the damage and now they come on the news and cry
Basically, it's everything, then.
Energy prices increase business owners need to spend more that is passed to the consumer combined with increses in raw materials you get less for your money , also nowadays I don’t know the prices very well but you always have cheaper food prices than in my eu country 0,45£/1,07/kg for a can of beans better try 0,79€ -3,04/kg😂
We are suffering £80 per week on gas and £30 on electricity there no joy in life and set to get worse from April!!when does it end cant keep up !!😢😢
You are suffering from brexit. The only way it will end is by rejoining eu
@@cliffsofmoher4220😂😂Wake up, the Brexit the majority voted for was never delivered. If it had been we would never have these problems
it is really bad.. it is going down in april for a bit though by about 12% I think
The U.K. is self sufficient in oil and gas from our own reserves yet the government allows us to pay more than world prices for our own fuel.
Imagine the industry and wealth we'd have if we had our own fuel at cost. Steel mills, ship yards, car manufacturers and a consumer boom. We'd be booming.
Obviously the government in the U.K. is not run for the benefit of the people.
The UK is not self-sufficient in gas or oil. We need to import roughly half of what we need.
This is disgusting in this day and age where moving backwards instead of moving forwards😢
Ask the human race to stop procreating so much and this whole problem goes away. It's your fault for assuming that we are above all that in this modern age.
if u have the money to get out the uk leave now before it gets worse
Would save needing mass deportations.
I just think banning Halal should sort it.
UK is only good for universities and high flying careers if your not in that bracket UK isn't a good place to live.
This is happening everywhere, not only UK.
Who has an interest to make people poorer and why?
Unfortunately, Brexit is destroying the UK. Poland also helps Ukraine, but life is comfortable in my country. It's clean, there are no homeless, people have beautiful property, new investments, etc. I'm glad that me and my family left the UK and live in Poland.
@@mimi64231that’s hilarious considering Poland is a poor country
A game of musical chairs as the wealthy get richer and the rest run in place faster to try and pay bills, with no chairs left for those that can't keep up. Not just in the UK but in the US as well. I've been wondering if the clock is ticking down on modern civilization. Because if regular people can't afford to pay their bills, society will at some point collapse.
Absolutely disgusting
Fight! people of the UK... fight mentally as well! Don't let them make you feel guilty and then force you to the food banks, there are people in the UK that spend on grooming their dogs and on buying their children shoes more than many families spend to survive.
Sorry for the people who are down and low.❤
Vote REFORM Party people and we can change this dire situation.
I see you can’t stand the tories and labour anymore, but out of curiosity, what is it that makes you think Reform has a magic wand?
Essentials should not be used as commodities for the privileged to invest in, ie food, medicines, gas, electricity, and water.
And property!
I work part time. And get zero help what so ever
Its shocking.
So many people abuse food banks now. I've seen people take food when no one's looking or lie about having more family members. Some work and make thousands but still use it because free is free.
People in UK are just greedy just look at all the strikes that have happened too.
Was this your own research, or just some rumours?
Thats not right at all
People will queue for anything that's free, whether they need it or not. Food banks are just a media phenomena
@@kevinsyd2012 Most people wouldn't go there unless they had to because of the stigma and shame involved. Food banks are very real and sadly very much needed.
Net Zero Heat. Net Zero Food.
Yes the low income worker or Pensioner gets poorer whilst those on large wages get richer. It is a manmade scandal all over this world. Lots of love to all those struggling through no fault of their own.
That's Charles' Great Reset, to destroy the middle class. He gets richer and the rest of the country can't afford to heat and eat. "You'll own nothing, remember - no property rights - and you'll be happy - OR ELSE.
Everything is in a state of decline! It's a disgrace!
Shell BP,22 billions in profits20 22,23,definitely time for a windfall tax.😡
Maybe energy should be this expensive. We've had it cheap for decades. This is a direct result of refusing to use Russian energy.
It is our sanctions on Russia that have caused the energy costs to rise. Why did we decide to hate Russia all of a sudden? They haven't attacked us
And standing outside on expensive mobile phones, going home to their subscription tv's, etc. I lived in times when food banks were not around, and we lived hand to mouth in the fifties, no luxuries, as now
The 50s 60s literally represent the greatest economic prosperity in human history. 100% employment, garenteed housing, men spent more in the pub on average than on there mortgage. Taxes on the rich were much much higher, and it was a much much more equal society compared to today. I presume you're a boomer, you're generation did this, took all the gifts your parents secured for you and made sure your kids and grandkids did not get the same. Hence you are rightly called the most selfish generation in human history and we show u no respect as a generation. Not to mention climate change which u also did jack about. Do us all a favor pal this election, stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.
and people don;t talk about the rising expense of choosing to have kids, cars and dogs with their very expensive vets bills.
Pets are certainly a luxury item these days, kids? Repopulation, and cars ? Because mobility is important,despite what the anti car brigade say.
EVERY SMART PERSON KNOWS IF YOU DROP ENERGY PRICES IT WUD STAMP OUT POVERTY AS HAS KNOCK ON EFFECT IN PRODUCTION OF FOOD AND WORKS DOWN THE CHAIN , ENERGY COMPANIES ARE TO BLAME FOR POVERTY 🤬🤬
They spend 10% of their income on energy bills after rent. Here in the USA I'm spending 25% of my income on energy bills.
HOW? I live in a climate that is frigid -- WELL below freezing in the winter -- and scorchingly hot in the summer (most days over 90, many 100 or more), and my energy bill is about $125/month. I keep the heat at 50-60 when I'm not home, I turn it OFF when I'm in bed (I have an electric blanket under the fitted sheet, which I don't even need, and I even open a window a crack), and I set it at 72-75 when I'm up and about in the house. In summer, I set it at 65 when I'm up and about, 60 when I'm in bed, and I leave it off when I'm not home. $125.
@@preferanonymous your very lucky you pay so little. I live in Minnesota my bill runs about $300 a month . The video said they spend 10% of their income after paying rent . So my figure is based on after rent or mortgage coming out. Also everyone's monthly income is different. I keep my heat at 66 degrees in the winter and 74 in the summer.
£300 a month? That sounds a lot! I think he needs to start just heating the rooms he uses. That's what I do, I wear lots of layers and just turn the heating on in one room.
We don’t turn the heating on at all! We just heat the place with candles.. it’s a lot cheaper and they’re really effective as long as you can close the door and keep the heat in … we can’t afford to use the oven even!
@@Monicablackbelt24 that's gritty! I aim to stay warm moving around, keeping my feet warm and only really heating one room, but even that results in a big bill. Maybe I will give the candles a go. Yes ovens are very energy hungry. My mother told me that when she was a child the oven was only used once a week to roast a chicken. And they'd combine the heat for maybe making a pie or cake too.
Exactly. Only heat the sitting room. Or a small bedroom with a desk if you sit behind the computer most of the day.
Invest in some warm sweaters and cardigans, even if they do look frumpish.
Extra blankets or duvets on the bed.
Hot water bottle. Hot drinks.
@@emmajones8590 I do the same. I bought a heated blanket for me and one for the cats. We're all nice and toasty with me working from home and the cats snoozing on theirs! 😃
I’ve turned mine off at the fuse box- £1ph when heating is on and about £2.50 just having the contraption on. I refuse to put it on. £175 in one week last year. I double duvet double hot water bottles and I use one room with a fan heater for ten minutes a day. If we all stopped using the heating then they loose big profits anyway.
Time to start a new company that provides the same service, but at crazy lower prices.
competition, disruptor capitalism
Here in Philadelphia I cry for Britain
All of our towns/cities are becoming or already have became Kensington
2 bedroom semidetached £120 in the coldest month. After covid £230 in the same conditions.
While oil and gas companies are bragging about profit
My energy bills are more than mortgage a month and I’m not being dramatic or kidding it’s a fucking joke.
True…. I thought I was doing well two years ago finally paying my mortgage off. My winter heating bills have replaced my mortgage payment as the single largest outgoing😮
Some time last year my bills went from £200 a month to about £1000. Eventually the money was given back to me. My latest bill has gone that way as well if fact its even larger. I think part of the game been played is to force me to get a smart meter. So far i have refused because there seems to be on going problem with the meters.
Yes this happened to my parents in law! Absolutely outrageous
Plenty of money for vapes and tabs no money for food. I've seen people smoking outside these sort of places
Get them hooked on chemicals and you have a lifelong customer!
Greedy energy and grocery stores have record profits
Welcome to tory Britain
It’s great isn’t it 😂 I’ve got the heating on right now I’m roasting!! Love it!
Will be Labour soon. And nothing will change.
Maybe more Mosques.
I think England should remove the 3 Lions from the flag and replace it with some sheeple.
My second winter in the cold .sick of greedflation
Blame Charles for that. His WEF campaign against fossil fuels is causing the "heating vs eating crisis".
He’s ok though in his numerous heated mansions and great banquet dinners he attends! He’s not cold or hungry is he! Hypocrites the lot of them.. they fly around in private jets causing infinitely more damage to the environment but it’s us who pay the price! Funny that!
@@Monicablackbelt24He went to COP28 in a private jet and four others from the UK also went in SEPARATE private jets!!! They couldn't even take the same one. And at COP26 Charles called for a "trillion dollar global military style campaign" "Above all countries laws and regulations" "under ONE man's control" to force compliance with his WEF/UN agenda. Totalitarian much? MEanwhile YOU and all the other ordinary people, according to him, should have no private car ownership past 2026. No private property ownership past 2030. Confined to 15 minute cities and fined for leaving. Rations of bugs and plants. But HE hasn't given up his property since he did the Great Reset rollout speeches "you'll own nothing". He's gotten RICHER. What I don't understand is WHY the UK people don't call out this totalitarian hypocritical monster. A trillion dollar global military style campaign against ORDINARY PEOPLE while HE lives in multiple mansions taking private jets?
Its our sanctions on Russia and the loss of cheap Russian natural gas
It seems like a hugely helpful thing would be for the British government to subsidize replacing heating systems with ones that use much less fuel/energy. And insulating homes better.
Subsidised via tax???
Did the Brexit dream not help bring energy costs down?
I clearly remember Boris Johnson telling us that of we backed Brexit we would name cheaper energy bills 😂😂😂😂 I am Scottish. We did not vote for Brexit
@@MichelleMackenzie-zs6qz Yeap, UK is sliding even further south thanks to the failures of the Brexit dream.....
Thank you BJ & NIgel, JRM needs a mention too....
This is annoying me, the that will smoke, drink, have sky or virgin media, the latest mobile. Annoys me. They won’t give those up. I am visiting in the UK at moment and the amount of self entitlement is unreal. Why should I ! One ex friend told me even though they asked to lend them 1000. Help yourself first.
If you can’t afford you can’t have it, I’m 48 and I was brought up like that, but everyone now seems to live on credit now. Take some responsibility for yourself instead of relying on others and blaming the government, they don’t make you spend money. The mind boogies it really does
I agree with you but most people can’t live on the wages they get.
Thanks Dottie, for your kind words 🤣
Public transport, Council tax, Gas & Electricity are all a massive rip off in the UK, at least the supermarkets are pretty good...
There is a price to pay for Net Zero.
UK has become a middle income country
has been for a decade now
Indeed. Like the UKs wealth has been diluted somehow… since 1997.
Abolish standing charges. Bought a log burner and don't use gas anymore. Its like "Haha, we can still get you!"
Same story here in Australia. Contrived and planned. Interest rates up, fuel costs up, food costs up ,rental costs up, no rentals available......spot the common denominator....Or am I a conspiracy theorist? New World Order.
Out of curiosity, how does the food bank work? Can you just roll up and use it without any kind of checks? If not, then what's to stop a well off person using it?
They work by referral by particular agencies so not anyone can just roll up
@@lks6248 Thanks.
Depends. For some you can just walk in. For most you need a referral (a ticket) from places like council or universal benefits departments. Some of them have time limits as well.
They don't have the brands that well off people like, you can't choose what you get, and well off people have better things to do with their time. That's what's stopping them.
@@Rumade , that and the small matter that they would never get a referral from a relevant agency…. Jeez…..
Fund the wars!
When essentials like gas and housing are investments don't be surprised when the average person can't afford it
Europe has much lower costs on energy prices and better pensions too
All by design
I do think people are irresponsible. I had to have 2 years off due to health issues. It took a long time to process the right disability allowances, in fact almost a year. So for that year I had to budget with what I had. It really was a struggle, but the cost of fuel really is nothing. I could look across at the council estate and see single mum's living on benefits, smoking and drinking gin on their steps all day and night, then you go talk to them and they're claiming they're in the same boat as me and struggling. Half these ladies can't even cook their own meals so get takeaways every day, they all had nicer more modern phones than me. Honestly, how many of these people tell their children the heating can't go on, but they know the taste of McDonald's every other day. This is actually why, despite being extremely conservative and not wanting government to pry, I think banking being looked at would shine a light on a lot of these people and their incompetence.
Agreed. There are so many young and middle-aged people in this country that blight themselves with processed foods, sugar, and alcoholic drinks.
Now, who is fueling all of this? The answer... Food corporations.
It’s not any better here in my city. Gas and electric are rising and now the consumers have to pay bonuses for them
I used to pay 70 a month back in 2019 now I am paying 170 and don’t use heating anymore, just the basics as hot shower and cooking. Hot bottles and electric blanket is my new normal.
Shame UK government
Its called tory Britain there motto shift working people
Be the same next year with Labour though.
I’d put ceiling fans in all homes to help if I could 😁
Don't understand why there isn't a UK re-insulation program. Insulation loses its loft and needs to be replenished. Makes a huge difference
@@cherryfireice8216we have one in scotland, they insulate wall cavities and whatever needs done free of charge.
Very true
@@cherryfireice8216we have had this year's ago good for lofts but the wall insulation courses damp in most homes 😞
@@cherryfireice8216nah, I’ve re insulated our house and I barely use the heating and electricity but my bill still gone up by double. Thank you for the price rise and standard charge.
EDF charging over the odds no wonder. Glad I went to citizens advice and then the energy ombudsman. Big help many thanks x❤
This is why I keep as many switches of in my flat,Never really leave any thing on,Part from sometimes end up falling asleep and leaving my gaming computer on,Bad enough,Part from that,I keep my boiler switched of at all times,Cook food,Also heats up my flat at the same time,If you get to cold,Put a few extra Jumpers and Jackets on,Keep worm for free,So many ways of cutting costs now days
I'm 75 and have drastically reduced my consumption. The people who can just aren't willing to cut down. The price of energy governs the amount I use. The more they put it up the less I use.
Good on you. I used to be very careful for environmental reasons and how I am even more careful!
Permently cap all energy bills and never move the cap up and then bring in global proportional representation and socialism
Wake up son.
At least it was fairly easy to live abroad around europe. Cant even do that now. Thanks alot
British gas profits have gone from 70million to 700 million......in one year 😊
I don't understand I can live on £444 a month and don't need anything from anyone
That doesn’t even cover my rent for a room in a shared house 😂
WishI could
Do you live on the street? In where I live you can’t even pay your rent for that BEFORE the pandemic.
Does that include rent?
What a joke
Price of Brexit.
In Canada, it’s not just utilities, it’s housing. More and more working people are living in tents, cars and RVs. No matter how much government support anyone receives, things just get worse and worse. High taxes, and climate change regulations are killing productivity, less and less productivity, higher and higher the inflation goes.
Don't forget "open borders" immigration policies the Liberals have brought in.
Shocking this country absolutely terrible
Talk talk talk so they know the problem but nothing ever gets done if this carries on the uk will go under
STOP smoking, STOP indulging your pets, STOP buying alcohol, and STOP wasting money on scratch cards (they are a scam).
People are their own worst enemies. Even in this day and age, you can feed yourself well for a pittance - you just need to learn to be thrifty, and TO COOK!
Do you enjoy being a stereotype?
Every country has the government it deserves - Joseph de Maistre
That's not the original author though.
UK is slowly becoming a Welfare state. Everyone is on the Benifits from young to oldish (60s). Thats the number one job in the UK to be on the benifits.
Britain has been a welfare state since the Socialists took over after Churchill.