Households in Great Britain face a gigantic leap in energy bills from October after the regulator raised the energy price cap, taking the average gas and electricity bill to an eyewatering £3,549 a year. In a blow for hard-pressed consumers already struggling with soaring inflation, Ofgem approved the £1,578 increase on the current figure of £1,971 for the average dual-fuel tariff – a rise of 80%. The cap will be almost treble what it was a yearas a year earlier last October, when it was raised to £1,277. The announcement comes as households attempt to budget for a tough winter. Rocketing energy bills have fuelled rampant inflation, which breached 10% last month and is forecast by some economists to climb to 18% from January.
The scale of harm caused by these price rises needs to sink in. A warm home this winter will be a pipe dream for millions as they are priced out of a decent and healthy quality of life.This will be the biggest attack on living standards in decades piling further misery onto so many households.Your energy bill is a direct result of not voting for Jeremy Corbyn.
Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) estimated that the rise would increase the numbers of UK households in fuel poverty from 4.5 million last October to 8.9 million this October, taking into account the Government's measly support package announced in May, which should be extended and increased as soon as possible.
No one should go cold or hungry, but Ofgem is condemning millions of us to starve or freeze this winter. I thought a regulator was there to protect consumers following privatisation. All Ofgem are doing is protecting the super-profits of the energy companies which make £6 million pounds an hour, this is a cost of greed crisis and in many cases could ne a death sentence. it's disgusting.
Jonathan Brearley, CEO of OFGEM, is paid ~£300k p.a. to regulate energy Co's. They are enriching their execs snf foreign corporate shareholders whilst we endure poverty inducing bills. It appears he is failing, let him know what you think jonathan.brearley@ofgem.gov.uk
Literally everything that is happening now is a price that hard right Tories in Starmer's Party and the Tory Party were willing to pay to keep us on a right wing trajectory. The silence from government, the raising of CAPS without any consultation, debate or compromise. People will be sacrificing essentials for themselves or their children, and having lights on and hot food should not be a privilege.This is 21st century Britain, enough is enough! The nationalisation of ‘big energy’, which could mean clean energy generation and lower household fuel bills to everyone, is long overdue.
The Tories don't care about whether poor people die, on the contrary, they welcome it. Saves money on benefits and the NHS. Clears poorer neighbourhoods allowing for gentrification and conspicuous overspending. The moaning about energy prices will stop, as those who can't afford it will have gone. They looked the other way as thousands of people died because of their austerity policies. A study published in the BMJ linked austerity to 120,000 extra deaths in England (primarily a result of the reduction in nurses) Another study estimates 130,000 deaths.
A caring tory is as common as hen's teeth. Humanity means nothing unless it brings them money and they can make a profit our of someones misery They are ruthless, smug and sanctimonious. who have showed their total indifference to people dying given their endless rule-breaking by travelling (Cummings etc), partying (Johnson and half his cabinet), meeting up behind privacy gates (Carrie and every Tory **** with a country pile) during the Covid years.
People's patience has worn very thin now and it's about time.This is a national emergency. and our bloody government has a moral duty to act but does nothing apart from telling us to use less energy only a matter of days after insisting people should not feel they should cut down after grim warnings about spiralling prices.A disgraceful disregard for people, Bastards is to kind a word for them .We need to freeze gas and electricity prices immediately. I lived through the poll tax riots when people protested against an unfair charge and won . and it's far more desperate times that we are facing now. I don't understand why more people aren't bloody furious at what's happening to this country.
All I want at the end of the day is to send Truss, Sunak, Johnson and their supporters to Rwanda. Permanently. Doesn't seem a lot to ask? After all they've been raving about the place for months.
In the meantime a National Day of Action on October 1st has been declared with protests across Britain. Freeze profits not people. Join here:https://wesayenough.co.uk/
