Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
For months there has been a section of society really struggling to cope with the current situation regarding energy prices. From the beginning of next month, many of these people will have to find more than five hundred pounds a year more to pay for their energy before it reaches the level where the freezing of annual charges at £2.500 comes into force.

You have the means to pay £2,500 a year for your energy I presume as do I know because I qualified for the state pension in February, but, if all of this had been happening in 2021, I would not have been able to cope financially.

The proposals unveiled yesterday help, of course they do, but, for me, when faced with the choice between aiding people and money (business), the Tories, as they always do, have, effectively, sided with the money, What we've got is help today, which will have to be paid for by us, not the people who are really benefiting financially from the current situation, tomorrow - of course, it's better than nothing, but I think it's out of step with the current mood of the country.
My understanding is that will not be a freezing of annual charge. The unit price of energy will be set so that the average household will pay no more than £2,500.

And who are the 'we' that will have to pay for it, and who are the people really benefiting financially?

As Ive said earlier income tax generates less than 25% of government income, and around half of all adults do not pay any.