This morning, Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport just tweeted the good news… “I’m introducing a £2 cap on almost every single bus journey in England outside London –Continue readingGrant Shapps £2 bus fare cap across England to save passengers money doesn’t add up
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The Cost of Living Crisis and The Energy Crisis is down to the Conservatives
The Conservatives led by David Cameron, achieved a majority in the 2015 General Election. They continued with their disasterous austerity policies which stripped £billions from local economies all over theContinue readingThe Cost of Living Crisis and The Energy Crisis is down to the Conservatives
The Government is providing £1,200 extra to the poorest folk in UK
Amid the hysteria demonstrated on social media and in the main stream media, it’s worth remembering how much the UK Government is doing to help the poorest folk with theContinue readingThe Government is providing £1,200 extra to the poorest folk in UK
The Cost of Living Crisis has just started
You may think things are bad in the UK at the moment, but, it’s going to get a lot worse in the coming six months. Inflation today is 10.1% measuredContinue readingThe Cost of Living Crisis has just started
Small Business energy is NOT capped, inflation WILL be 15% (or higher) and hundreds of thousands of businesses WILL go bust in the next few months
I’ve heard many, many politicians banging on about “freezing” energy prices, some want “nationalisation”, most blame “Putin”, but I have yet to hear any politician address the acute problems facingContinue readingSmall Business energy is NOT capped, inflation WILL be 15% (or higher) and hundreds of thousands of businesses WILL go bust in the next few months
Why aren’t we using the benefit system to help poor folk?
Keir Starmer has a “scheme” to help folk pay their energy bills. Rishi Sunak has a “scheme” to help folk deal with the rising cost of energy. Liz Truss? NotContinue readingWhy aren’t we using the benefit system to help poor folk?
What happens to UK electricity prices in 2023?
Cornwall Insight’s prediction of a rise in the energy price cap to £3,582 a year from this October (a rise of 82%), and a further rise in January 2023 toContinue readingWhat happens to UK electricity prices in 2023?
Nurses to be balloted for strike action
The Royal College of Nursing will recommend strike action to its members in a forthcoming ballot. The postal ballot will ask if Nurses are prepared to take strike action whichContinue readingNurses to be balloted for strike action
The case for increasing benefit payments
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, in his book “A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” wrote “how can a man who is warm understand a man who is cold?” Coming from BoltonContinue readingThe case for increasing benefit payments
Prices will not be going down, so, get used to it
Years of Quantatative Easing and low interest rates, plus the illogical lockdowns, have combined to produce high inflation, unaffordable energy prices and high(er) interest rates. Many people are bemused, theyContinue readingPrices will not be going down, so, get used to it