The proportion of households in Ipswich that were fuel poor in 2020 was almost 20%, according to government figures
In Ipswich, some expensive-looking boats moored along the River Orwell on its historic waterfront conjure up an image of comfort and wealth, but like everywhere, some residents are far from comfortable and are bracing themselves for more financial pressures.'I won't get into debt'Five miles outside Ipswich in the village of Chattisham, a group of local residents meet every month at the Rural Coffee Caravan.
"You just wait until you absolutely have to put it on and hope for the best. I leave it as long as possible before I put mine on. I have an open fire which does help," she said. "I have a luxury in my own home. I have solar panels and we have an electric car - the car gets charged from solar panels so the cost of motoring is minimal from that point of view.
They asked an old lady for comments and they got an old ladies response, this would be the same sort of naive response my mum would make. It’s the interviewer at fault not the interviewee
Yes Shirley you damn hero hahah
Does anyone else think that they are using excessive scaremongering once again yo coerce people into using far less energy?They know most people will never be able to pay these exorbitant costs and with the energy companies raking in billions in profits all of this makes no sense
Read the room . We're descending into very hard times. No one needs to be guilt tripped by people who will be OK.
We do it ourselves
To hear an 82 year old woman say that though I’m not putting it on if I can’t afford it I’ll wrap myself up in blankets instead it shouldn’t come to this
Don't want to be a burden but will go to her granddaughter if it to cold and sit there . Yeah ok so putting the burden on your granddaughter then .
Another click bait government ad, C/O their official broadcaster of propaganda, the BBC. We've got stiff upper lips made of shoe leather & willing to endure Dickensian misery just so as to avoid asking the Chancellor to divert filthy richs' tax gains to help everyone else.
BBC is this all you can come up with, oh well I'll just have to put up with it', WW2 attitude, no criticism of this useless inactive, self serving government, oh of course your outfit is run by the tories.
Great. Let's all go and live in a fucking caravan and just get on with it. Weird article with zero critical analysis. ToryCostOfLivingCrisis gtto
This is pathetic reporting
I have multiple chronic illnesses, perhaps I should just lay down and die rather than be a burden to anyone eh BBC!?
More cherry picked Tory imposed headlines from the BBC , trying to manipulate the narrative
“It’s hard for everyone” well not for some at the top torymoneysavingtips
And so it begins.. full 'blitz spirit' bollox in supposedly one of the wealthiest countries in the world. I despair.
Would love to ask - who did you vote for🤔
Since when have you been a mouth piece for the Conservative party...?
英国是自由与民主在全球传播的使者，铁肩担道义，士不可以不弘毅，任重而道远。英伦三岛的民众要支持政府的崇高理想，担起义不容辞的责任，要宁为理想受冻也不能为取暖而买俄罗斯的能源。
Trouble is it’s the totally disproportionate standing charge that will get you. The system isn’t fit for purpose, unfortunately neither is the government - so we’re screwed.
Bullshit broadcasting company publishing propaganda and lies. We used to have a free press. Now it’s all fake news, fake crisis, fake people…..can’t believe a word of it
A bit of nudging 🤮
This is BS!