MuckleMoo Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Offt!! Just received an email from SSE informing me that my direct debit payments will be increasing as of March. Gas has risen around £30 per month to £100 while my electric has risen by £16 per month to £60. All in it's an increase of around £600 for the year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Offt!! Just received an email from SSE informing me that my direct debit payments will be increasing as of March. Gas has risen around £30 per month to £100 while my electric has risen by £16 per month to £60. All in it's an increase of around £600 for the year. And they'll be dying the same again in 2 months time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 minute ago, MuckleMoo said: Offt!! Just received an email from SSE informing me that my direct debit payments will be increasing as of March. Gas has risen around £30 per month to £100 while my electric has risen by £16 per month to £60. All in it's an increase of around £600 for the year. Just plug in a set of jump leads to the lamp post outside of your house, f**k them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, MuckleMoo said: Offt!! Just received an email from SSE informing me that my direct debit payments will be increasing as of March. Gas has risen around £30 per month to £100 while my electric has risen by £16 per month to £60. All in it's an increase of around £600 for the year. Mad how this is a positive story and you are £100 better off than average. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 f**k these scumbag companies and f**k the government c***s who enable them. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I'm really worried about this, my main inclme is benefits which haven't risen in years. I work my allowed 15hr a week on min wage. I just don't see where I make up the extra 000's that's needed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Ours' is estimated to rise by approx 700 quid next year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH75 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Surprised more people aren't talking about this. It's not hyperbole to say that people will quite literally freeze to death next winter as a result of this if things continue on their current trajectory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleMoo Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 I'm really worried about this, my main inclme is benefits which haven't risen in years. I work my allowed 15hr a week on min wage. I just don't see where I make up the extra 000's that's needed.My heart goes out to you. It will mean cutting back on some crap but I'll be able to make the payments. Those on benefits and minimum wage are going to be absolutely screwed. Have a look on you're Local Authority website, there should be an energy advice team that might be able to help financially if you're struggling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 30 minutes ago, MuckleMoo said: 46 minutes ago, RH33 said: I'm really worried about this, my main inclme is benefits which haven't risen in years. I work my allowed 15hr a week on min wage. I just don't see where I make up the extra 000's that's needed. My heart goes out too you. It will mean cutting back on some crap but I'll be able to make the payments. Those on benefits and minimum wage are going to be absolutely screwed. Have a look on you're Local Authority website, there should be an energy advice team that might be able to help financially if you're struggling It's been an utterly shite series of events. 2020 - "We've increased Universal Credit by £20 a week, aren't we brilliant?" 2021 - "Yeah, it was always temporary, we're binning it" 2022 - "Yeah I know energy prices are skyrocketing. Here's a loan you HAVE to take from the state which will barely scratch the surface. Yeah i know you're probably on your arse paying back UC advances and various other horrendous deductions, but tough shit" What a fucking binfire of a country the UK is. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, Day of the Lords said: It's been an utterly shite series of events. 2020 - "We've increased Universal Credit by £20 a week, aren't we brilliant?" 2021 - "Yeah, it was always temporary, we're binning it" 2022 - "Yeah I know energy prices are skyrocketing. Here's a loan you HAVE to take from the state which will barely scratch the surface. Yeah i know you're probably on your arse paying back UC advances and various other horrendous deductions, but tough shit" What a fucking binfire of a country the UK is. You forgot to mention the warm home payments which used to be around 22% of the average energy bill and with the latest price increase will be around 7%. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, strichener said: You forgot to mention the warm home payments which used to be around 22% of the average energy bill and with the latest price increase will be around 7%. Indeed. A full rundown of the various boots in the baws folk on low incomes/benefits have had over the last couple of years would probably crash P&B tbh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 This is where capitalism just gets silly. Just because the market price of gas and oil has gone up doesn't mean that BP and Shell etc have to charge that price, it's costing them the same to produce as last year. If there's a shortage they could ration it, the odd planned power cut or whatever. Encourage people to use less like they do when there's a water shortage. Someone needs to slap somebody around the ear with a lead weighted handbag, the big boys are being very naughty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red23 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Day of the Lords said: It's been an utterly shite series of events. 2020 - "We've increased Universal Credit by £20 a week, aren't we brilliant?" 2021 - "Yeah, it was always temporary, we're binning it" 2022 - "Yeah I know energy prices are skyrocketing. Here's a loan you HAVE to take from the state which will barely scratch the surface. Yeah i know you're probably on your arse paying back UC advances and various other horrendous deductions, but tough shit" What a fucking binfire of a country the UK is. yeah f**k living in the UK, where you can comfortably live your entire life never working. It's whats wrong with this country, we've no idea how good we have it. -31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 23 minutes ago, red23 said: yeah f**k living in the UK, where you can comfortably live your entire life never working. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 2 hours ago, welshbairn said: This is where capitalism just gets silly. Just because the market price of gas and oil has gone up doesn't mean that BP and Shell etc have to charge that price, it's costing them the same to produce as last year. If there's a shortage they could ration it, the odd planned power cut or whatever. Encourage people to use less like they do when there's a water shortage. Someone needs to slap somebody around the ear with a lead weighted handbag, the big boys are being very naughty. You won't find many companies selling commodities at a loss. Although it's easy (and fun!) to blame well known European Oil plcs the fact is: 1) They make the overwhelming majority of their profits outside of the UK 2) Linked to 1, the commodity market is global. Even if BP and Shell decide to sell all their non contracted gas/oil generated in UK (not much, both have declining footprints and BP is especially small) below commodity price this would have precisely 0 effect on the market or people's energy bills. It would be a pointless, expensive gesture that might only benefit transmission companies. 3) Due to the commodity cycle the return on equity from O&G has been shit for years and the share prices reflect this (neither is close to their ATH) 4) The biggest producer in the UK is the little known private company Harbour Energy (and I think French statist Total is second) doesn't quite roll off the tongue in the same way though. They could implement some sort of windfall tax (Osborne did the same is 2011) which is a fair enough policy - it just contributes to the UKCS being one of the most expensive regions to produce oil and gas in terms of taxation. One thing I do find fascinating is that in Canada there is a big disconnect in policies and attitude between non oil producing regions and the oil producing western regions. This doesn't exist at all in the UK context (I'd be willing to bet more than half of UK voters don't even know that there is an oil and gas industry in the UK) but you can certainly see it emerging in Scotland. Something the SNP can't do too much about either, it's a no win game for them. As for gas and electric bills, there is always a disconnect as people can't easily see or enjoy what they are buying (the closest imperfect analogy is petrol) and if you ask people what they would be willing to pay the answers will vary greatly. It makes it a lightning rod for dissent around the world. For those who are JAM it's a shit time no doubt, and so is inflation of any kind really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 People took their lives because they couldn't cope with lockdown. People will take their lives if they are struggling to pay ever increasing bills. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 19 minutes ago, philpy said: People took their lives because they couldn't cope with lockdown. People will take their lives if they are struggling to pay ever increasing bills. More than likely, but Tories don't care about human life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, throbber said: I’m moving house in April with council tax going up , mortgage repayments and insurances going up as well. Think me and the Mrs are going to be paying about £400 a month more because of all this. Just as well you’ve taken on that second job laying laminate floor in Dundee then. Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 7 hours ago, Day of the Lords said: It's been an utterly shite series of events. 2020 - "We've increased Universal Credit by £20 a week, aren't we brilliant?" 2021 - "Yeah, it was always temporary, we're binning it" 2022 - "Yeah I know energy prices are skyrocketing. Here's a loan you HAVE to take from the state which will barely scratch the surface. Yeah i know you're probably on your arse paying back UC advances and various other horrendous deductions, but tough shit" What a fucking binfire of a country the UK is. I'm still on the old set up, so didn't get the uplift. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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