British household energy bills to jump 80% to over $4,000 a year

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Ofgem CEO Jonathan Brearley said the rise would have a massive impact on households across Britain, and another increase was likely in January

“This is a catastrophe,” Britain’s leading consumer rights champion Martin Lewis said, warning that people would die this winter if they refused to cook food or heat their homes.

An annual average bill of 1,277 pounds last year will hit 3,549 pounds this year and leading forecaster Cornwall Insight said prices were likely to rocket again in 2023. The two candidates – Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak – have clashed over how to respond, with the front-runner Truss initially saying she would rather cut taxes than give “handouts”.

Such is the volatility in the sector that almost 30 energy retailers have gone out of business and Ofgem said most domestic suppliers were not making a profit. Truss and Sunak have suggested suspending environmental levies or cutting a sales tax – proposals that have been dismissed by analysts as far too little to avert the hit to household budgets.

 

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This is what the Groper Trudeau wants to occur in Canada. But, what will the Groper do when a few disadvantaged Canadians freeze to death?

All done by design

its going to get worse for US.. if JT would stop being such a climate cultist maybe he might try and do something for the people citizens

Now will you stop listening to environmentalists.

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