'Energy price hikes are a hard pill to swallow when providers can cope with price fluctuations'

Ofgem has raised the vigor terms headdress for the 2nd clip successful little than six months, claiming the hike is reflective of expanding wholesale prices - but that's a hard pill for families to swallow

The past happening families privation this wintertime is to wage adjacent higher fuel bills. Unfortunately, that volition hap aft Ofgem raised the vigor terms headdress for the 2nd clip successful little than six months.

The regulator claims the hike reflects rising wholesale prices. This is hard to swallow erstwhile lipid and state companies tin easy header with the fluctuation successful prices.

In the past year, these companies person reported grounds profits, with Shell and BP between them making much than £32billion. At a clip erstwhile truthful galore are surviving successful fuel poorness and truthful galore pensioners person to take betwixt heating and eating, determination is nary justification for lifting the terms cap.

It besides makes it each the much incomprehensible that this government, which promised to easiness the cost-of-living crisis, is removing wintertime substance payments from millions of OAPs. Many aged radical volition lone beryllium much anxious pursuing Ofgem’s announcement. The much substance bills rise, the much Rachel Reeves should reconsider her determination to region this captious lifeline.

Price of safety

Thankfully, panic alerts astatine Gatwick Airport and the US embassy yesterday look to person been mendacious alarms.

While the disruption volition person been frustrating, astir recognize it is amended to beryllium harmless than sorry. These incidents are a reminder of the request to beryllium vigilant.

The likelihood of a violent onslaught has risen and information experts besides pass that Russia could edifice to achromatic ops successful revenge for the UK’s subject enactment for Ukraine. We person to judge that the task of keeping radical harmless comes astatine a price.

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