When one is from good stock, one knows they are superior.
That has to be almost only the standing charge..£68? That has to be a bedsit / studio mid floor flat right inside the middle of a new build block.
Not yet.I pay for my gas & electricity quarterly on receipt of bill, some of these monthly figures being banded about are astonishing. Are they direct debit payments to your suppliers as I pay nowhere near these figures ?
I just came back from two months in France.I currently pay £68 a month, even if that were to double or triple I wouldn't be paying 10% of my income on fuel.
It soon will be when will those Tory bastards actually, y’know, govern?
Where will the line be drawn, when people earning £100,000 a year are in fuel poverty cause that isn’t too far fetched that represents fuel bills of £10,000 a year but by that time there will be revolution here.
Marx said every country is three meals away from a revolution.
£68? That has to be a bedsit / studio mid floor flat right inside the middle of a new build block.
Re the fuel poverty calculation, is the income net or gross?
At this time of year I doubt insulation is a factor. Light bulbs maybe, hopefully people have switched to LED, even though these are thought to have health issues due to their light wavelength. Then we are left with cooking, probably the highest cost, possibly hot water too though many will be on combos so not too bad.Good Evening All,
In identifying those who are paying ≥10% of their take home pay (easiest definition) in energy costs then, clearly, two things need to happen. Financial support needs to be made available along with an assessment of what can be done to reduce that outgoing which brings us back to improving the insulation value of the property and/ or altering the equipment in use in the property.
Work upwards from the bottom.
It isn't difficult to do - the difficulty lies in the will to do so.
Regards
Richard
My soup is from the best chicken stock and us definitely superior.
Electricity may go in cycles, but this thread doesn't have to go round in circles discussing who's rich and who's poor because it's all dependent and variable. Benefit claimants are technically poor, but at least they have an income. The homeless appear to be in a worse situation but are not subject to these rising energy costs. There are those who have no idea of nor inclination to budget and have racked up debts which are unlikely to be paid. At least, apart from those tenants whose rent includes energy (and are subject to appropriate rent increases), the vast majority of domestic energy users do get some relief this winter. Businesses, tiny or large, do not; do they slot into the 'poor' category?
Think it's net ie take home pay.
I pay for my gas & electricity quarterly on receipt of bill, some of these monthly figures being banded about are astonishing. Are they direct debit payments to your suppliers as I pay nowhere near these figures ?
2 bed 2 bath flat, top floor. It has actually gone up, I was paying £60. No doubt it will go up in Nov when my deal ends but even if it 4x it won't be the end of the world.
Right. So a £10K a year energy bill for someone on £170K a year gross salary has a definition of poverty attached to it. Meaningless.