This morning, Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport just tweeted the good news… “I’m introducing a £2 cap on almost every single bus journey in England outside London –Continue readingGrant Shapps £2 bus fare cap across England to save passengers money doesn’t add up
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The Cost of Living Crisis and The Energy Crisis is down to the Conservatives
The Conservatives led by David Cameron, achieved a majority in the 2015 General Election. They continued with their disasterous austerity policies which stripped £billions from local economies all over theContinue readingThe Cost of Living Crisis and The Energy Crisis is down to the Conservatives
The Government is providing £1,200 extra to the poorest folk in UK
Amid the hysteria demonstrated on social media and in the main stream media, it’s worth remembering how much the UK Government is doing to help the poorest folk with theContinue readingThe Government is providing £1,200 extra to the poorest folk in UK
The Cost of Living Crisis has just started
You may think things are bad in the UK at the moment, but, it’s going to get a lot worse in the coming six months. Inflation today is 10.1% measuredContinue readingThe Cost of Living Crisis has just started
Small Business energy is NOT capped, inflation WILL be 15% (or higher) and hundreds of thousands of businesses WILL go bust in the next few months
I’ve heard many, many politicians banging on about “freezing” energy prices, some want “nationalisation”, most blame “Putin”, but I have yet to hear any politician address the acute problems facingContinue readingSmall Business energy is NOT capped, inflation WILL be 15% (or higher) and hundreds of thousands of businesses WILL go bust in the next few months
What happens to UK electricity prices in 2023?
Cornwall Insight’s prediction of a rise in the energy price cap to £3,582 a year from this October (a rise of 82%), and a further rise in January 2023 toContinue readingWhat happens to UK electricity prices in 2023?
The case for increasing benefit payments
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, in his book “A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” wrote “how can a man who is warm understand a man who is cold?” Coming from BoltonContinue readingThe case for increasing benefit payments
Prices will not be going down, so, get used to it
Years of Quantatative Easing and low interest rates, plus the illogical lockdowns, have combined to produce high inflation, unaffordable energy prices and high(er) interest rates. Many people are bemused, theyContinue readingPrices will not be going down, so, get used to it
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 1.75%
The Bank of England, today, raised interest rates to 1.75%. The rise of 0.5% (50 basis points) is the biggest rise in twenty seven years. The vote was eight toContinue readingThe Bank of England has raised interest rates to 1.75%
Energy: Why I cancelled my direct debit
I always shopped around for the lowest price energy deals. I used OVO for a while, but ended up with Symbio who were offering a KWh for 10p. This wasContinue readingEnergy: Why I cancelled my direct debit