Energy prices continue to rise in the UK. From October, an average household will pay more than €4,000 a year, an 80% increase from the last revision of the ceiling in April. The “Don’t Pay” campaign, which recommends a strike to pay bills, organized a demonstration on Friday evening August 26 in front of the headquarters of the energy regulator.
With our correspondent in London, Emily Wine
Single mother of two, full-time employee, Una was among the protesters who marched in London on Friday August 26, against rising energy prices. She plans to withdraw her direct debit authorization for her supplier and hopes to convince others to follow suit.
We have to fight, and anyway, I won’t be able to pay. I’m already struggling to pay the bills at the moment… I’m paying £80 a month, if it goes up 80% it’ll be at least £140 a month!
With this increase, bills will have tripled in less than a year and a half. This is the first time James has demonstrated. He came with his octogenarian parents.
I am very afraid for this winter. We don’t use any heating because it’s summer, but our bills are very high, around 170 pounds a month. Even without plugging anything in, our daily charges are 19 cents a day. Millions of people will not be able to pay.
Busola, one of the organizers, is a little disappointed that only a hundred people came. But it is above all the government and the regulator that he wants.
It’s disgusting ! How can you decide that human beings don’t deserve to have hot meals, heating in their homes, lights on? It is poverty, and it must be abolished. If there are enough of us, we can change things.
One hundred thousand people have already pledged to stop paying their bills on October 1.
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