There are fears people may be "sleepwalking" into immensely difficult and deadly winter months after a protest outside energy supplier E.ON failed to attract significant numbers. The demonstration comes as energy regulator Ofgem announced price cap rise to £3,549 a year from October, an 80% increase.
E.ON's profits alone, for the first six months of the year, stood at more than £3bn. As such a protest took place outside the company's city-based office block in Trinity House on Friday at 5.30 pm.Pots and pans were smashed together to create as much noise as possible. While no roads were blocked, passing vehicles honked their horns in support.
"A lot of the European companies are keeping the bills down but at the moment there is very little action taken here. It is hard at the moment, people are not yet feeling the full impacts of it but with the cap rising and with winter coming it is going to be a problem." Mr Jackson added: "I do not know what is going to be put in place for smaller businesses. It might be a similar scheme to furlough.Stewart Halforty, who helped put together the Save Nottingham Libraries campaign group, was also in attendance on the evening. He said: "We are one of the poorest cities in the country. How are people going to pay their bills?"I would estimate everyone in a household earning less than £50,000 income per year, it is going to affect them.
Sorry I missed the protest. I would have definitely gone and shown my support. How do people find out when and were the next one will be.
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