They aren't.How the hell are people going to be able to pay that?
But Boris got the big decisions rightThey aren't.
And the Government do not give a sh*t. Not one.
They will take the line that there are lots of job vacancies so lazy benefit scroungers should get up off their fat @rses and work. Both Truss and Sunak are hard-line authoritarians as is the bulk of the nationalist faction that used to be the Conservative party.They aren't.
And the Government do not give a sh*t. Not one.
Dont forget all the businesses (like hospitality) who cant afford to run because of this who will be laying people off left, right and centre....I massive recession is coming...business just can't afford it. This is going to be as bad as Covid unless Government suck up and support the economy.They will take the line that there are lots of job vacancies so lazy benefit scroungers should get up off their fat @rses and work. Both Truss and Sunak are hard-line authoritarians as is the bulk of the nationalist faction that used to be the Conservative party.
Let's see what happens when bailiffs start to take tens of thousands of people's few possessions as payment for energy and then evicting them. Hopefully a relvolution.
Me and my partner work full time, i like to think we both have quite good jobs and i'm in a position where we probably bring in a bit more than the regional average; We can't afford these bills and the way they're increasing without some seriously big changes to our lives. No summer holidays, shop once a week now to a strict list, changing the car.They will take the line that there are lots of job vacancies so lazy benefit scroungers should get up off their fat @rses and work. Both Truss and Sunak are hard-line authoritarians as is the bulk of the nationalist faction that used to be the Conservative party.
Let's see what happens when bailiffs start to take tens of thousands of people's few possessions as payment for energy and then evicting them. Hopefully a relvolution.
Me and my partner work full time, i like to think we both have quite good jobs and i'm in a position where we probably bring in a bit more than the regional average; We can't afford these bills and the way they're increasing without some seriously big changes to our lives. No summer holidays, shop once a week now to a strict list, changing the car.
Makes me wonder what people on minimum wage do or will do.
Imagine a household where two adults work minimum wage with 3 kids, so they receive little to no benefits. How are they affording these increases? Short of cancelling all tv subscriptions, mobile phones, gym memberships and any luxuries like coffee, cinema trips etc they'll be headed for food banks before long.
Those on jobseekers/dole who get a lot of benefits are in a similiar situation as they get rent paid for and stuff, but they hardly have a load of disposable income and these bills going up mean the same for them.
I know a few lads on really good money, who are whinging about these increases but they understand they're in a lucky position that they can afford the increases without it impacting them.
I can see a lot of people looking at less than legal ways to top up their income and get through this, even just to feed their kids and keep the lights on. I'm not talking about career criminals or wrong uns im talking about Average Joe who works, who needs to figure out a way to keep things ticking over.
Foodbanks are filled by donations. If everyone is squeezed so tightly there'll be nothing left for donations.Hopefully the food banks will be well stocked otherwise the options will be starve or shoplift for food.
That will be the grim choice for some people.
Increasing the cap every 3 months now instead of 6Ofgem, enablers of poverty