From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

A rise in gas and electricity prices has prompted energy suppliers to call for “enduring” targeted support for those in financial difficulty.

Energy costs are up 2% from Wednesday for millions of people in England, Wales and Scotland as regulator Ofgem’s latest price cap come into effect.

Campaigners say many will struggle with another winter of relatively high bills, with a record £4.4bn owed to suppliers by their customers, recent official figures reveal.

The government said it was taking “urgent action” to support vulnerable families this winter.

Some companies have schemes in place to write off debt or offer emergency vouchers, external, but these measures vary across the sector.

“The level of support [is] still insufficient for those that need it most,” said Ned Hammond, a deputy director at Energy UK.

“The government needs to make swift progress to improve targeting and design an enduring support scheme that effectively addresses fuel poverty.”

Full story here.

Quite astonishingly, the BBC go through the whole article without one single mention of “Net Zero” or “renewable energy subsidies”!

But they do note that the government has also pledged to bring down household energy costs by investing in home-grown energy, without bothering to challenge how bills can come down by paying offshore wind farms 50% more than the market price!

The whole thing is smoke & mirrors anyway, as any debt relief will end up being added to everybody else’s bills: