@@lewisdean22 It always makes me laugh, when I see that phrase, without the "h". 😏 As it stands, it means a non-brightly-coloured diversity!! (Without any fluorescent bands on his suit, maybe?)
Isn’t it sad that a guy like Martin can explain these issues so clearly and honestly and yet our government can’t even issue any sort of information about help.
Like keeping quiet about the 500,000 illegal immigrants who won’t be affected by this price cap? Smile, because your tax money will be spent feeding them and keeping them nice and toasty warm in their hotel rooms.
I'm really glad I bought a load of solar panels over the last 3 years. by using a Tie Inverter with the solar panels, you pump electricity from the solar panels straight back into your house by just using a power socket. I know it's weather dependant but it's so nice on a sunny day looking at your smart metre and seeing 0 pence per hour, it feels like I'm sticking my fingers up to the energy companies. :)
Nice to hear someone explain that it's the unit price that's capped. No other media articles explain this, and it makes me wonder if the journalists writing them understand this. Good work, as always
Thank you Martin , this is a disgrace, never ever thought that something like this would happen in our country , politicians need to get in to the real world 🌎 😢
Don't thank him, he said it's Russia's fault, its not, its the green tax created by our government, he knows this, and he's pushing propaganda for our government.
We operate within a global energy market which is being subjected to higher demand and now a constrained supply. Tell me who in the world you would like to deprive of energy in order to artificially lower prices?
@@ChrisLee-yr7tz How about removing the extra cost of Green tariffs which do nothing other than make 'green' energy profitable? Or restart the fracking operations to access the vast gas resource we have under our feet, because we could be self-sufficient in fuel if there was the will. Our coal reserves for example will last for 300 years!
Look I think everyone should fight this against these greedy utility gas and electric charges . We can’t afford the prices they are asking ,It’s impossible
Martin explained the situation very well. We are on a fixed income as we are retired, we just don't have the money to pay what these companies are asking. You can't give what you've not got. Don't they realise that, or are they just counting on the government paying up and getting their money at all costs. It's truly despicable.
Martin you are the best, wish there were more people in the world like you. I receive your emails regularly which are brilliant in advising how we can save on bills and manage debt etc., I managed to go on a fixed gas/electricity rate in time because of you. Thank you so much, so very grateful.
Here is how to be a multi millionaire and still genuinely care about ordinary people. Why are there so few politicians like this in the top ranks of power?
Hi, because most "leading" Politicians are only illuminati puppets. filling in until the world leader (Antichrist!) takes over: Please read the Book of Revelation! People must finally realize that we are living in the END of time, the 7 year rapture and tribulation with the ruler of the world (Antichrist, 666!) Is imminent. If you know the biblical prophecy of the end times and the plans of the NWO, you can easily see what is happening in the world. There is hope: convert to JESUS CHRIST in time, then everything will be fine soon !!! Remember: JESUS is GOD, see John 1! Read the New Testament, listen to Dr. Ron Rhodes and Roger Liebi on the end times, Rapture, Antichrist.
Let me be absolutely clear. I, as many like me, will be hit the hardest. I'm a disabled pensioner. Likewise, I'm at home all day, most days. People are saying, go and sit in a library to keep warm, that's just BS. Why, in this day an age, where corporations are making outrageously massive profits, from our misery, I won't be able to sit in my own home, and make a choice of heating or, eating. Well, I've taken the bull by the horns. I've stopped my DD, to a rip-off company, who massively overestimated my bill, and had £400.00 of my money in their account. Can you imagine, how much money, from others who suffered the same rip-off they had ? Making them even more money in interest from our money, that doesn't belong to them? Doing the maths, I'm only going to be £3.84 per week, worse off over a year + their increases, but we are all going to have to pay their increases anyway. So, here's my plan, pay on receipt of bill, whilst keeping my usage as low as possible. Standing charge is the kicker, and P's me right off. According to my supplier, we have to pay them to have their meters on our property to meter us, to pay them, what a fricking scam. So, they want to read their meter on my property, there is an entry fee of £100.00 per meter, to come onto my property. I'll update you when I take them to court for none-payment. Make sure that your home is weather tight, draughtproofing, every orifice. Make yourself as warm as possible, more importantly staying warm in the evening and when in bed, when it's the coldest. People laughed at nightcaps (I don't mean the drinking kind, lol) yet they do work, and keep the heat in your body. Get yourself a little camp stove, heat your water with a whistling kettle. In 2022, we're talking about issues from back in the day, when central heating, and double glassing was being talked about. Shame on this government, shame on the investors. People are going to die, mainly the old, and disabled.
Well said👏👏👏 Drag your feet when paying the bill and ask them to send a payment slip so you can pay it in cash at the post office. I normally get a bill and wait 2 months until the next bill is about to come out and pay the previous.. and so on. I'd rather owe them money than them owe me. I do this with all bills and it in the first year of doing it can save you hundreds on gas and electricity. Rates bills are the best for saving money on they are normally happy with half being paid each year and roll over the other half to the next year. Things are getting desperate for people. I have a friend who is so skint he goes to get petrol from the tesco pay at pump because he has found out he can still get petrol if he only has a pound in his account because it takes tescos 5 days to collect the money from his account. So he might have it by then. These are desperate times.
The higher our Bill's go the more VAT the gov receives this is all done by design. The Government are supposed to serve us but it's the other way round we serve them and they serve the WEF they are just like the pigs on animal farm I am truly disgusted with them. Ps we are being sanctioned and not Russia, rant over.
@@djokovic1747 Indeed, they are, desperate times. When we have a government, who are not for the people, then we, the people, have to stand together. If there are any people who read these comments, and have hints or tips, which can help others, please share away. I was gobsmacked at 77% increase, but it's 80%, wtf, how far do they think they can push us ?
@@aidengranahan3598 Telling the truth, isn't ranting. Martin, said it doesn't affect business, so Robin Hood in reverse, robbing the poorest to fund the rich. madness.
Thank you Martin for your honest and helpful appraisal of where we are regarding energy costs. My current fixed rate ends in October which is almost the perfect storm.
It worries me just how emotional he looks, he cares so much I hope he's taking care of himself too. He does such a good job of answering questions honestly and with kindness, we need someone of his caliber to lead this country. Warm banks 😥 sad times 💔
UK Government: We are having urgent talks with energy suppliers to see what we can do to help the people in this crisis. Also UK Government: Oh you want to charge the people another 80% but need our permission? OK, no problem, go right ahead.
There need’s to be more people like Martin Lewis in this world. Who care and want to help people in need. I’m just great full I’m on a fixed rate for the time being but truly worried what will happen when my fix rate end in Feb and my wife goes onto statutory maternity pay at the same time.
@Luke Stephens Of course, that makes so much sense.......... NOT. Why do you have a problem with someone just trying to make people understand that this government is sitting back and letting its people be fleeced by these thieves?
Martin I hope you are getting enough support for what your work is taking out of you. One hears the sincerity and care in your concern for people - they need you to keep on saying and doing your piece. All power to you - and hopefully recognition from the country later this year.
He's worth millions, Martin is getting richer out of all of this. His support is covered & paid by the government to deflect the real cause of the price hike which isn't Russia's fault, its a green tax created by our government last year at the G7 summit - remember? Don't be fooled by him.
@ Frank Wilberforce Car Salesman No he doesn't care at all! If he cared, he would tell the truth by saying the government has put up the prices because of the green tax and would not lie to us by blaming it on Russia. This all started before the war!
Martin the current situation is awful but i have to thank you for your passion and having the courage to just tell us how it is, you really are a modern day hero
@@Scitch-et4vk I think these comments are bots trying to sway public consensus. They all have the same generic "you're a man of the people and I believe in you!" crap
Thanks for the advice. Really appreciate the help you provide us, as thanks to you I managed to get into a fixed rate early and this does not expire until 2024.
I live alone, I earn around the UK average wage and don't claim any benefits or tax credits as I am deemed too wealthy to need those. The way things are going though, more help will need to come not just for poor families, but for single, middle earners too.
Absolutely. Not much is being said about people like us single deemed to rich on minimum wage. Seems earnings just over £700 a month is too much to claim any help, as a matter of fact earnings £490 and have a mortgage is classified as too much income to claim UC.
I am in the same boat as yourself. I will losing my current job in February in which case I will be in the middle of the next price increase. The only good thing going for me is I have an open fire and have already brought my coal & wood for the winter months.
I hope all the people like yourselves will realise if it's hard for you that when you hear about people like me who are disabled you'll realise we live on a pittance and are portrayed as scroungers. I worked 35 years got sick then you've to beg for money to survive it's humiliating. We can't get a job, we can't do anything and now we can't heat our homes or wash. The £650 isn't for the likes of us on legacy benefits. It's lies that all the poor are getting help. I'm getting nothing more than you except an extra £150! ✌
@@Dannyp8038 That's so pretty good. Do iving in town or cities allows wood fire, where I am only smokeless coal is allowed. Maybe people will just convert their fireplace back to open fire and people can, for sure insurance companies will see ££££ rubbing their hands.
Well folks as far as iam concerned if I car'nt pay they can whistle dixie. If the money ain't there they car'nt take it probably the best way is to cancel my DD. Iam to old to worry about credit ratings sod em they car'nt sue us all.they should be thankful they get what they take now.
I turned my boiler off in April as I can't afford it. I have ill health and suffer with suicidal thoughts. I had a crisis team in recently to talk me out of it. But cutbacks meant I could only have a few weeks of help. If I can't pay my bills I will end my life. People say that if you talk about it you won't do it. Believe me, after 50 years of working hard and still having nothing. Then being asked to pay what I don't have I will end it. What a vile greedy world we live in where profit is more important than human's lives.
I have been there. You can choose to believe what I am going to tell you... or you can Ignore it. Up to you. When I was in your situation (and mine hasnt improved finacially at all but my mental health got a bit better) I was contemplating suicide every day, I had to come up with a reason, every day, not to do it. Then one day I told someone how I was feeling...and they told me, this: "If you are willing to end it all...then you should be willing to take a risk" That stuck with me. Do you know what I did? I tried to stop caring what others thought of me, good or bad, i tried to care less. I decided that If I was already prepared to suicide myself and made my peace with that... then I could put that on the back burner as a last last resort... If things got really bad...I could always kill myself THEN... but until then... there are a bunch of risks that I was avoiding because they could make things worse if they went wrong...but I stopped caring about that when I had already decided suicide was a valid option. I took my full benefits payment and booked a one way ticket out of the UK to southern India. Spent six months there and came back to the UK... stayed in the UK until the suicide feelings came back... then booked a one way ticket to Thailand, stayed there for three months then cambodia, then vietnam, then thailand again... three months three months three months... WHAT IS THE RISK? Benefits fraud? a court case? prison?... well theres always suicide AFTER that... might as well enjoy the freedom that comes with not being afraid anymore. Just my tuppence worth. What are they gonna do? kill you? lock you up?
Martin, I always have a lot of respect for you and what you do and right now you seem to he one of the only people who are pushing for change and passionate about helping the people of this country. I genuinely and whole heartedly thank you for all your efforts.🙏🌎
If you are on a very low income, the percentage increase is terrifying. After rent and council tax, I have £355 a month left for everything else. Even with low use, and not having my heat or hot water on, my current usage is 14% of that. If it's going up by 79% (im a renter, so key meter) That's essentially around a quarter of my "discretionary" budget gone on electricity. Regardless of what we are told about the inflation rate, food has gone up well above inflation (somewhat ironically it seems to be a greater rise on the budget essentials). Even after batch cooking (thankfully I'm a veggie, so don't have to reheat everything - pasta is your friend!) I have no more notches on my belt. This is it, and I'm not even in the worst off category!!
@@robuk3723 everyone has a right to low energy bills when this country could and should be energy self sufficient. And why should people get a second job ? Because they are low earners ? Maybe you earn a fortune and don’t live in the world a awful lot of people do. If so. Good on you, I’m pleased for you. If not. Don’t assume you know what each individuals circumstances are. Idiotic comments.
@@robuk3723 read his message again but more carefully. He never indicated he assumes to have any right. Now I'm guessing here, but I probably think what he actually assumes, and rightfully so, that the energy companies are taking the piss. If you think all this is ok, perhaps you should think of the old people who have kept this country afloat and fattened the pockets of the wealthy, perhaps you should worry about the NHS and the inevitable influx in health conditions due to the cold.
Meanwhile foreign criminals (coming to the U.K. without documentation or permission is breaking the law)are living rent free in 4* hotels with £175 per week spending money on a card given to them by this government, shameful.
My god, how broken is our country. I'm lucky, I earn a very good salary and the increase won't hurt me as much as others, but I'm sorry for those that are truly going to suffer. God bless
No this country is not broken. What is broken is our forefathers had the strength and fortitude to cope with war, famine and disease and we don't. This present generation expects it now, wants it now and refuses to take personal responsibility for their own lives. Reliance on the taxpayer is now the name of the game.
@@chickadee317 Hey! don't blame me, I worked hard for 50 odd years, raised 3 children and am now on state pension and pension credits I.E. I'm poor, I never had rich parents or any hand outs, I worked hard as a Carpenter, my children are grown up, two in America, one in China all doing far better than ever I did(as it should be).
I’ve never been in poverty before. I’m 61 years old. I have never qualified for any benefits through my life. I work. I cannot see how I can cover my bills. I’m scared. I’m angry. Martin Lewis needs to be brought in close to government to advise them because I don’t think they care about me.
Thank you Mr Lewis and your team, it is clear this has affected you. People will die sadly but your team’s advice will have saved some of those. Keep fighting with your unique brand of honest, sincere, caring approach. You are a legend.
A lot of people could die of cold especially the old, and people with respiratory illnesses and I’ll people who need electric for their machines to work the energy company’s made billions and the government gets their bills paid for them this is beyond sick
Thank you for the info and your passion- I can’t afford any kind of heating and haven’t turned on any heating since 2017, I spend winter in bed, walking around in a duvet or do lots of house work - moving around is the only way to stay warm
Please Martin don't feel like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. We the public have been listening to you for a long time. Sending you a huge huge hug. Those of us regardless of income who have listened, knew this was coming, we saw the light, bit the bullet, please do not 'carry our suffering for us' , that's is truly not your purpose. You inform and empower through information, stay the course.
Thanks for all your hard work, Martin. I'm retired with a basic government pension and a very small works pension (very small as I had to give up work early due to health issues), and still have a mortgage to pay. It seems that my only option is to sell up and move abroad. I can no longer afford to live in the UK.
@@stevenhull5025 So on my state pension of less than £800 a month, I wouldn't be better off in Thailand or Philippines even if I could scrape the money together for the move. That's so sad lol.
The world is just getting worse and worse, bad news, terrible weather, and horrific crimes that seem to have become 'normal'. There is always something new every day. Thank you so much to Martin and the Money saving team for your videos to help people who need them. Take care everyone x
Pandemic, Covid, Lockdown , floods ,war.I lost my Mum, Uncle and Gran also between 2019-2022? Beginning to wonder if this hell itself? Take care and look after yourself Honor.
I threw my tv/ radio out 6 years ago- what a wonderful liee- no more news on tje hour- mo more adverts no shows no more of anything- No more couch surfing!
@@sam-fc9ky all good and well isn't going to bring your bills down though. I understand the will to stay away from negativity but that's part of the problem too many people with their head in the sand .
It's a hell which has been deliberately created by those in positions of power. They deflect the blame onto other countries/events/organisations This will be the hardest pill to swallow. Mark my words.
This is only happening in the UK, yes we’ve had increases in the EU but nothing like this. Those costs are unsustainable, people are going to suffer badly over the winter months especially.
We need more people like Martin Lewis who actually care about humanity and are aware of how people are actually living in this country to be in government. I am so sick of the ultra rich and ultra ignorant entering influential positions, even in the Labour party. Lewis himself did go to private school but it's clear he cares about society as a whole, instead of just his bubble
It seems that Martin Lewis is a man who has consideration and compassion for the ordinary folk of our country, it's a pity that our politicians don't have the same. The politicians can claim for their expenses and you can bet your life it won't affect them in the same way.
Im heartbroken that this is the mentality in the uk of the tories their members and supporters. I can't leave buy I hope that day comes. I can't go out im sick ive not choices. Truss also said she is happy to use a nuke if necessary!! I could not believe it! This is dystopia, I'm 57 I've seen a lot but never this
I've heard the £3+k is an 'optimistic' number. I'm expecting it to double, and some. Strange how big farma/ business/energy and military industrial complex are thriving and displaying multimillion/billion £€$ profits. Sick of it. Sick of talk.
I topped my prepayment meter up pre April s increase and I've just had to put my first money on the meter since then so my tariff went up to the rate on sat. ( excellent advice from Martin earlier this year) hopefully be able to do that again before October s rise.. Not flush with cash but had a few hundred quid in the emergency pot. That I've topped back up over the months since April
I find it interesting that if you have solar panels they now are paying you between 3p and 5 pence per kW hr; depending on who you are with; but they are offering customers a 1 year fix of 83p per KW hr. I think that they should bring back grants, so everyone that can should get solar panels and storage battery. It would save building power stations and the French can keep their electricity!
With my solar panels on my HA home, my E-On Kw/hr rate is 28.82p with a standing charge (doubled in the six months I've been here) of 54.5p per day. It's Exporting like crazy, earning the HA useful cash, and they don't allow immersion heater use on it! Disconnected.
@@tallesmagno201 I'm sure it will run it without issue as, according to the PV guy who checked it for the landlord a couple of weeks ago, it's putting out around 2.5kw/h. but they removed the immersion heater cable. It would take me five minutes to reconnect it but when I enquired as to why it had been removed, the Housing Association said it had been 'a corporate decision' when the panels were installed. So, I have to use the CH oil boiler for hot water.
Quite simply, the UK economy wil quickly collapse in 2023. Households will struggle to pay utility, food, motoring and mortgage bills with nothing left for clothing, home improvement, holidays, entertainment and socialising. The great reset.
Martin Lewis is just another controlled opposition puppet. More 'help' means more money printing, which means more inflation. Lewis's solutions to the cost of living crisis 'work' in the same way as trying to put out a fire by spraying it with petrol. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--RygZYHQSUE.html
It is also believed that 75% of pubs will close, plus other small businesses in the entertainment industry and service industry. Within 9 months this country will be brought to it's knees, then those adversely affected will go to WAR
I guess we are lucky to get his advice. A real man of the people who doesn’t have to get as involved as he does. But as you say he genuinely cares and I wish too he was in government
Martin unfortunately has intelligence,heart, empathy,and cares for his fellow man..that counts him out to be chancellor or an m.p.you have to be greedy and corrupt to operate in that nest of vipers called the houses of Parliament..we need a modern day guy Fawkes to sort them all out!!
I fixed my energy with Avro....a month later they went bust. Now I'm with Octopus who want me to pay £300 per month. I've agreed to pay £175, but I'm seriously thinking of just canceling the direct debit along with the other 'Don't Pay UK' members.
I registered with don'tpayuk. I'm cancelling my DD, and ready to protect until our bills go down, government nationalises and Britain stops arming Ukraine.
THANK YOU, MARTIN! Perhaps advising to afford quality blankets and thick sockets, etc., As it is used during times of war, especially every single day in the Country Side! Indeed, it is pointless to waste money on such high prices, but my concern remains with the most vulnerable elderly with their small pension pots. I remember washing with cold water. People ought to be encouraged to prepare ahead with necessary items that will keep them watching their favourite TV Shows, of course without a heater. Human beings went through worse and always acclimated so why should it be different today? Just because England is special? It is like any other country affected by war or by its consequences. Preparation is key to getting through this besides the indispensable role that you play on our behalf for which I salute Mr Martin Lewis! I wish everyone including yourselves at MoneySavingExpert my best wishes and do not forget that if taken into consideration, the winter only last several months. So, get three covers and cuddle up with friends and families, and take care of the most vulnerable members of our communities. UNITY IS OUR STRENGTH! Trevor
First I am an American whose been following this disaster, and that is what it clearly is, from the start, I could not figure how the UK got it self into this mess, until, you pointed out that in 2017, the UK government refused to subsidize, or take a position in the UK’s largest privately owned gas reserves Depot that would’ve held 70% of the UK‘s gas reserves at that point. This facility was then closed down, and the UK was fully thrown on to the world gas market, with no means to buffer its effect. This masterpiece of wishful thinking on the part of that government and its conservative Predecessors bought the UK where it is today. To put it simply you are in a war footing when it comes to energy, yet your government has not taken any of the steps that a prudent Government would, and should have taken, it is not like the warning sirens were not blaring all over the place. Will the coming Tory government do anything about this, that is an unknown factor, the other issue is what will the Russians do as winter comes on, with the Europeans buying all the gas they can get their hands on, and storing it, because they do have storage. There’s a high probability that somewhere between October and January the Russians will cut off gas, To the EU. Thus driving the price on world markets even higher, one of the reasons the price cap assessment, was switched from six months to three months. While they’re not saying this was the reason, the odds are that that was the reason. And I suspect that UK intelligence organizations have already made this prediction. The only real short term fix to this is what the Labor party put forward, with the ability to adjust for Russian actions affecting the world gas markets, and you still will have to spend money to protect those at the bottom of the economic scale, the life, and death question for a lot of UK citizens is what will this next government do?
The decision on the Rough off shore gas storage facilities was a disaster and yet even back then it was a simple matter to have some type of insurance buffer. Further the proposal for the creation of the Gateway gas storage facility in the Irish Sea was also dismissed even though there were private backers. The main issues started when the regulator Ofgem submitted an energy safeguarding proposal back in 2009, and the energy minister at the time was infuriated with this because he thought it was interfering with government policy. All this would be hard to make up.
The governments give the people what they want and tell them what they want to hear, then they act as scapegoats when it all goes wrong. No government can fix this, and the people will get what they deserve. The people wanted to shut down and destroy the economy to ‘save lives’ due to a virus, then spend billions injecting people with coercion with a trial drug. The people wanted to have a de-facto war with Russia over a civil war in Eastern Europe that has been going on for decades. Even before these two reasons there is the sheer amount of debt created by the burgeoning welfare state that is unsustainable. All this because the people want free money and to feel good…well, that can’t go on forever now can it.
Your website calculator was super helpful as a guide. Thank you Martin and team for doing what you can. Young people with families are going to really struggle and its no longer just the low income that need the help.
We actually need to encourage people on high incomes to reduce gas use as they can then use the savings to buy luxuries, it will help the most vulnerable indirectly due to lower gas demand to help reduce gas prices
Laura, I read your comment and couldn't agree more, but we need something more than Martin to help us. The key word being "Us" Please, if you feel up to it, cut and paste my comment below and pass it on to as many good folks as you can. I take full responsibility for the comment, so please mention that if you do decide to spread the word. Peace. DON'T PAY YOUR ENERGY BILLS, DON'T PAY COUNCIL TAX. WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT, ON COMMON GROUND, SINGING FROM THE SAME HYMN SHEET. WE ARE BEING FUCKED OVER. THOSE HIGH EARNING GOVERNMENT PUPPET COCK SUCKERS ARE FORCING US INTO MENTAL ANGUISH, ANXIETY AND DESPAIR. AS IF 2 YEARS OF BULLSHIT COVID RESTRICTIONS WASN'T ENOUGH. FOR FUCK SAKE PEOPLE, WE ARE STRONGER IN NUMBERS, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. HOW MUCH MORE OR THIS ARE WE GOING TO TAKE?
The point nobody seems to be mentioning is that if people are spending such a lot more on fuel then they have much less available and it's discretionary spending (cafes, pubs, nail bars etc) that will be crucified. Here's comes a big recession folks.
Been saying exactly that for months, disposable income goes down treats of going out also reduces/stops, cafes lower end restaurants, pubs independent stores will all suffer, top restaurants etc will be ok because the rich will still use them. I've also read that a tin of tuna may reach £10 a tin, a pint of beer £20. This is just the beginning
We've known this day has been coming for weeks/months and the Government have had plenty of time to put measures in place to help people. What have they chosen to do instead? Bicker amongst themselves in a protected Leadership contest quite literally while the country implodes.
Do you know what. If I knew in 2005 what I know now, I'd have pissed off to live in France. The company I worked for, Omya UK, moved the administration of all of Omya Europe to Poland. France threatened to strike and kept their jobs. They look after their people, their businesses and their economy. Omya France to this day still has its administrative office where we all lost our jobs in 2013. Cheers Britain
@@notused. im sick, not able get nhs treatment before and not at all now. I'd I'd known I'd have gone to France had the op and stayed there. I hate the uk and tories now
Haven't you heard johnson, he is telling us that we should be happy to give Ukraine billions and suffer the high energy bills. Yes I want to support Ukraine but I'm sick and need hot water and heat and he is asking me to die instead of someone in ukraine!!!
You say not to cancel direct debits, but at the point where the bill is £3400 on DD or £3600 by bill it’s not going to make a difference, if someone cannot afford £3400 they cannot afford £3600 BUT cancelling that direct debit will send a message and is the only thing the utility companies and the government are going to take notice of, then suffer the £4 more a week difference. Also prepayment meter users should be on the lowest per unit and standing charge tariff of the lot, since we pay for the electric and gas BEFORE we use it, not like DD and Bill customers who pay in arrears. I am a prepayment meter user and managed to get to now by preloading my meter back in March with £350 of electric (£250 on meter, £100 on the key), I was extremely lucky to be in that position, many are not, but If it goes up as high in January as they say, I will end up paying more for electric and gas than I do for rent. I work in education and earn barely over £11k a year, at some point all the teaching assistants are going to leave and go to stack shelves at Tesco as the pay and benefits are much better, who is going to educate peoples kids then? I am going to build a solar heater, even paying £40 for the glass and wood is going to save me money this winter. My wife has got a job in the school too so we won’t have a have the heating on during the day now either, but I still bet it’s going to cost us a fortune just to have it on for an hour or two in the evening. These cnuts have no idea of the suffering they are going to cause. I spoke to my neighbour today about this, she is a pensioner and doesn’t know how she is going to get through this winter as she will have to choose, food or heating, utterly disgusting and we can’t even help because of the shit we are in ourselves.
These cnuts have planned it to be this way. Everybody needs to wake up. It is a transfer of wealth. 'You will own nothing, and be happy' - World economic forum. There are farmers demonstrating all across the world as governments are curtailing their ability to grow food, all in the name of 'climate apocalypse'. They don't tell you that on the news. It is all very sinister.
I only started regularly listening to you about 3 years ago and I'm so glad I did. Because of your advice I'm still just clinging on to a cheap fix, so let me say thank you for that. I live alone and am disabled, so absolutely dreading what the price will be when my fix ends in May 😟
I switched to a new supplier about 30 years ago, I bought a wood burning cooker and have not looked back. Recently I have seen houses with chimneys being lined and wood stoves fitted. If this is done well then all is fine but i fully expect people to start fitting their own DIY wood fires and cooking stoves which if one poorly will cause fires. Cheers
@@billyandrew Their prices only increased by 5% because EDF Energy is owned by Électricité de France, itself 85% owned by the French government, and we, their UK customers, are subsidising their bloody bills. Plus, dont forget, Eon is owned by German company Eon SE. So, that's the future of the energy supply and prices in the UK well and truly f*ck ed.
The fact that I have to pay £28.53pm at the moment just in standard charges, is disgusting! - Just another Tax... Yet this is going up in October. How do they expect people like myself who is a carer for my disabled partner, and with children. Where do they expect us to get this extra money from? My bill has already quadrupled in price from this time last year, which I can't afford now. Let alone come October...
The irony of having to turn to the Government for help and solutions when it's the failings of Government that's responsible for this mess in the first place.
This country will be brought to it's knees in about 9 months time, if by that time the peasants don't revolt in a all-out WAR, the future will be bleak as Hell
Some might say that it's all part of the WEF agenda to undermine and destabilise economic independence and push people into state dependence & control.
And then what? We import almost all of our energy. So no matter who owns the utility companies we have to buy most of our energy on the World market. Our best move would be to charge the government ministers and head Civil Servants with criminal negligence and imprison them to discourage other idiots from pointless and very dangerous identity politics.
All I can say is thank you Mr Lewis and team.We need people like yourself to keep people informed and advised on how to get through these challenging times.Thanks
@@benjaminsavage4204 We've also had decades to switch from fossil fuels but nobody put in enough capital in good time to make that an affordable reality either.
@@SevenEllen No, you don't understand the issue. Any of it. We need MORE CO2 in the air, it's a total scam when they say it's causing global warming, it doesn't.
That's the thing that drives me nuts. For the last 2 months my gas was £9-60 & £10. The standing charge is £10pm. The electricity standing charge is around £18pm. My bill is £65 this month as I'm barely using any power at all. I dread to think what this will do to millions of people who just can't afford all these price hikes. Winter will take it's toll.
well said there martin you have and have allways had the peoples trust and you show time and time again how much you care i am sending you my very best wishes on behalf of them with no voice to fight yours avon leicestershire 2022
Martin you’re a gem 💎 if we had 400 MPs like you Britain would be Great again. You genuinely care about people. Not like most other millionaires who do philanthropy to raise there profile or feel good. Keep up the great work and please don’t shoulder too much of the burden mentally. You’re doing far more than most to help the poor during this crisis. Thank you and your team for all your efforts. 🙏
These are my top tips if on a budget. 1. Wear extra layers inside the house. 2. Try and hang out in a few rooms in the house. 3. Try and find any drafts and seal both internally and externally if possible. 4. Double or tripple glaze your glass with clingfilm. 5. Look to use existing wood burner or fireplaces if possible, wood is farily reasonable and can be often sourced for cheap.
Thank you Martin for your advice, but all the phone lines are jammed, preventing a great many from talking to someone. This is likely to continue for some time. You are a well respected, well loved guy who wears his heart on his sleeve for millions of us in dire need. Ignore those who criticise, for they know nothing. Stay safe and take care. Best wishes always, Wendi UK 🌻
Dear Martin, thank you so much for the tireless efforts you are making fighting for this crisis. All of the interviews and repeating the same message in the media circus for months on end must be exhausting and soul destroying. You can clearly see in your eyes that you're carrying the pain of the nation. It is heart breaking to see you do that for us, but most sincerely it appreciated that you are. You have my deepest gratitude and respect for immerse effort you are making on our behalf.
So we have a Government full of MPs who had access to the best education the world has to offer, a Shortage of Housing, a Shortage of Water, a Shortage of Food, a Shortage of Dentists, a Shortage of Carers, a Shortage of Doctors, Nurses, Ambulances,, 6 million waiting list on the NHS, now we have a shortage of Gas and Electricity. I left school at age of 13 and can see what they are up to. 90% of the population depend on the above but not those in the 10% which all these Tory MPs and Government are part of, Labour is no better. Ban Political parties that's what I would do.
I turned my heating off at the end of May and it is staying off, have cancelled my DD since my energy provider has on more than 3 occasions helped themselves to a double payment and are likely to do this again without permission/warning which would be catastrophic after 1st October, (it took several weeks + for them to refund these thefts), I'm going to deny these thieves every single godamn penny I can. I still have a huge stock of candles, a camping stove and a wind up radio!
Not forgetting the trusty electric over blanket, cheaper than putting the heating on, bought me two 2kw convector heaters to take the chill off the room, Good Luck Everyone !
Martin, here's a question that many will probably be considering now - would we be better off emigrating from the UK, and if so where would you recommend? Additionally, what are your thoughts on the Government's attack on people who now live full time in vans, given so many are likely to be forced into this lifestyle?
