Cuddy2977Dec 19, 2024

I’ve just been on the phone to #BT

According to the nice young man I spoke to, the #DigitalVoice #switchover won’t put my #bill up.

That’s reassuring for someone on a #socialtariff

pennineSep 29, 2023
"struggling households unable 2 pay #energy bills .. record numbers coming 2 us 4 crisis support”, says #CitizensAdvice, also NE Action, Age UK, E Action Scotland, Fair By Design, Scope etc. This cruel contemptuous Govt failed to discuss #socialtariff. https://tinyurl.com/398r3u8j
Energy bills: don’t break promise on social tariff, Sunak urged

Martin Lewis and Citizens Advice among those telling PM poorer Britons must get help, as industry source calls idea ‘unworkable’

The Guardian
CheshireSep 29, 2023
Energy bills: don’t break promise on social tariff, Sunak urged
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/29/energy-bills-social-tariff-rishi-sunak-martin-lewis-citizens-advice?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#socialtariff
Energy bills: don’t break promise on social tariff, Sunak urged

Martin Lewis and Citizens Advice among those telling PM poorer Britons must get help, as industry source calls idea ‘unworkable’

The Guardian
AutisticMumTo3Sep 28, 2023

Energy bills: don’t break promise on social tariff, Sunak urged | Energy bills | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/29/energy-bills-social-tariff-rishi-sunak-martin-lewis-citizens-advice

#EnergyBills
#SocialTariff
#Sunak

Energy bills: don’t break promise on social tariff, Sunak urged

Martin Lewis and Citizens Advice among those telling PM poorer Britons must get help, as industry source calls idea ‘unworkable’

The Guardian
CheshireAug 20, 2023
A social tariff could bring a warm glow to UK energy policy
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/20/a-social-tariff-could-bring-a-warm-glow-to-uk-energy-policy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#SocialTariff
A social tariff could bring a warm glow to UK energy policy

A lower price cap will still mean unaffordable bills for many. Yet a fairer alternative has been quietly dropped

The Guardian
AutisticMumTo3Jul 31, 2023

Tory decision to drop social energy tariff ‘betrays most vulnerable’ | Household bills | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jul/30/tory-decision-to-scrap-social-energy-tariff-betrays-most-vulnerable

#SocialTariff
#EnergyTariffs
#Tories
#Vulnerable
#Poverty
#NEA
#Benefits
#DisabilityBenefits
#MeansTestedBenefits
#CarersAllowance

Tory decision to drop social energy tariff ‘betrays most vulnerable’

Measures to help households seemingly abandoned by ministers, says campaign group

The Guardian
AutisticMumTo3Jun 27, 2023

Mobile and broadband firms accused of fuelling UK ‘greedflation’ with major price hikes | Telecommunications industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/27/mobile-and-broadband-firms-accused-of-fuelling-uk-greedflation-with-major-price-hikes

#Mobiles
#Broadband
#Greedflation
#Inflation
#CostOfGreedCrisis
#Tories
#Labour
#Ofcom
#Powell
#SocialTariff

Mobile and broadband firms accused of fuelling UK ‘greedflation’ with major price hikes

Government accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ after firms push through biggest round of price hikes since 1991

The Guardian
AutisticMumTo3 She/herApr 24, 2023
How to switch to a broadband social tariff - Which? News
Not paywalled.
#SocialTariff
#Broadband
https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-to-switch-to-a-broadband-social-tariff-ahAdG4M1Rjx4
How to switch to a broadband social tariff

Taking up an affordable social tariff is straightforward - we've broken down the steps so you can get started

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