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OMG... I've just had my new fuel quote

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listsandbudgets · 01/09/2022 16:03

£10650 a year!!!

We currently pay about £200 a month - big old house with quite a lot of people in and out so thats not unreasonable but this is astronomical

What the fu*k....

It's over a third of my annual pre-tax income.

They are going to have people on the streets

In shock

OP posts:

FreddyHG · 05/09/2022 11:36

5thCommandment · 04/09/2022 23:39

There you go - in the Times tomorrow- plan is to freeze bills by spending billions.

This will add to inflation and devalue the £ so imports/holidays will be more expensive but it's needed. Seems to cover both business and the public.

The reason they're doing this is so the economy doesn't crash. If there was no action spend in shops would dry up, businesses go to the wall, unemployment spikes and it's a bigger problem.

Fingers crossed it's enough but it's a sad day for the £. It will take decades to balance the books.

This is terrible for the pound. Recessions are part of the economic cycle we shouldn't be scared of them they cull weak businesses allowing more adaptable ones to flourish. Yet again those who make life choices to look after themselves get shafted. Have children you can't afford oh the state will bail you out, buy or rent a house you can only afford to run at very cheap energy rates oh the state will bail you out. People could have fixed like I did last year for 3 years at a cheap rate as it was obvious where energy prices were going. In stead these people who understood the economics around energy are going to end up paying for those who out of their own free will have chosen to stay on a variable tariff.

I long for a small state that doesn't get in the way. It allows freedom but with freedom comes responsibility and literally you make your choices and you pay for them.

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