Hello all!
I thought I would begin a discussion/honest description about how the rising bills has impacted families within the UK in the hop the stories would impact the government to make more significant change than one off payments.
I moved back home a few months ago after a separation last year, due to rising rental and bill costs and to assist my parents with bills. I pay a portion of my monthly salary towards bills ie I pay for the television packages and the energy bills and any additional needs such as food toiletries etc. My parents energy bill rose over 60 percent, this is despite their usage indicating under 200 costs a month. Their energy provider refuses to help. My dad got ill last year with long covid as someone with significant underlying physical disabilities. His work capacity is limited and he now relies on care from me and my mother. He was turned down for any disability funds or support due to being "not significant" despite needing support with medication, bathing and dressing. My mother has become so overwhelmed by the situation she herself has gone off sick due to anxiety and depression. I am now the main additional support of financial and medial support for my family of which I have multiple adolescent siblings all still of school age. I recieve no financial or physical support for this. I myself am saving for a house yet the market is continuously rising out of reach and making it near on impossible to buy unless it is a terrible deal of either 50% or a leasehold. I am very close to moving abroad and don't know what else to do. The government has left the country in ruins and has no awareness for financial or emotional needs of the country. The government need to realise people are entirely out of options and need to step in to take urgent action. Many people are now about to lose their homes or in significant debt and their is no way out without immediate support and change.