Quote Originally Posted by Rontomuk View Post
You keep on about how people on deferent benefits are better off, but how about pensioners, and low paid workers whose income falls just outside the threshold to claim those benefits.

in my own case my income falls £1 27p above the threshold so I am unable to claim pension credit.

my utility bill was £75 a month, this has gone up to £182 a month, can you please explain how I can pay this, because I don't qualify for the free gas and electric you claim you will be getting this year.
It goes without saying that sometimes those who fall just outside the threshold for benefits are often in difficult positions and it won't be an easy winter.

In my position; I pay £65 a month to Shell for Gas and Electric. I routinely use around half of that, so there is a surplus. I anticipate it going up from October (not sure how much yet) but £66 will be knocked off that.

I would imagine your £182 doesn't include the £66 to be taken off, although I don't know.

None of this is perfect. We live in a time when the cost of fuel is extremely high due overwhelmingly to a war in Europe. But the announcement does mitigate against the worst excesses of what we would have faced and those on benefits are helped more.