London mayor warns millions of Britons won’t be able to afford to ‘heat and eat’ this winter
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London mayor warns millions of Britons won’t be able to afford to ‘heat and eat’ this winter
London mayor warns millions of Britons won’t be able to afford to ‘heat and eat’ this winter
Britain was facing massive inflation in terms of food prices, household and business electricity bills, and rising rents. 20 August 2022, Sputnik International
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan said amid soaring prices that energy bill caps are likely to rise, millions of Britons will not be able to properly heat their apartments or have enough food next winter. Projected electricity prices next April suggest the billing cap will jump from around £2,000 today to almost £6,000. Electricity price hikes will also affect small businesses, he said. Khan also noted that prices for commodities such as milk, bread and cheese have surged 40% over the past year. Khan specifically proposed freezing energy tariff caps and introducing LifeLife his tariffs to the “most vulnerable households.” He explained that under the tariff, a family’s “basic energy needs” would be provided free of charge, and electricity bills would only be charged if a certain limit was exceeded, about 2.4 million renters. for he freezes them for two years. In addition to all this, Sadiq Khan suggested that the government should introduce a number of special measures to help the population, such as raising the payment of universal his credits in line with inflation. , provide free meals in elementary schools and impose an additional windfall tax on energy profits. Europe suffers from high electricity bills and food price inflation. The former has been exacerbated by declining natural gas inflows, especially from Russia, while the latter has been exacerbated by oil growth and thus higher fuel prices. Both of these processes were largely due to decisions by Western governments, including the UK, to impose sanctions on Russia over its special military operations in Ukraine. It affects the price of all goods delivered by transport, including food. Sanctions also prevented the return of gas turbine pumps from maintenance in Canada to Russia. These pumps were used to transport gas through the Nordstream pipeline, and from maintenance he was unable to bring two back, thus reducing the capacity of the pipeline to two-thirds of his capacity, leaving the remaining has been occasionally shut down for minor maintenance of functioning pumps.
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Britain was facing massive inflation in terms of food prices, household and business electricity bills, and rising rents. The sharp rise in food and electricity prices was caused in no small part by Western countries’ decision to impose sanctions and bans on Russia’s energy resources.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said amid soaring prices that energy bill caps are likely to rise, millions of Britons will not be able to properly heat their apartments or have enough food next winter. I issued a stern warning that I couldn’t even buy a .
I have never seen anything like this before.
We are faced with a winter in which, for millions of people, it is not a choice between heating and eating, but tragically buying neither.
This cannot happen. Governments need to intervene so that people can meet their basic needs. @Bloomberg UK pic.twitter.com/bZra2HMFuS
— Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon) August 20, 2022
The mayor further stressed that Londoners face the “triple whammy” of unbearable rent, along with high food and electricity bills. He pleaded with Whitehall to act “boldly” and quickly to save him from this.
Khan specifically proposed freezing energy tariff caps and introducing life-to-life tariffs for the “most vulnerable households.” He explained that under this tariff, a family’s “basic energy needs” would be provided free of charge, and electricity bills would only be charged if a certain limit was exceeded.
To combat rising rent prices in the capital, the mayor has asked Whitehall to authorize about 2.4 million renters to freeze them for two years.
Millions of young renters have been hit hard by London’s rent hikes. A harsh winter of rising inflation and rising energy prices is ahead, and many businesses will struggle to survive.
This is *exactly* why we need a rent freeze.
— Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon) August 19, 2022
On top of all of this, Sadiq Khan said the government would help its citizens by raising universal credit payments to match inflation, providing free meals in primary schools, and imposing an additional windfall tax on citizens. He suggested that a number of additional measures must be introduced to do so. energy profit.
Specifically, it introduced a ban on Russian oil, creating an artificial shortage of commodities that directly affected the price of all commodities delivered by transport, including food. from maintenance in Canada to its return to Russia. These pumps were used to transport gas through the Nord Stream pipeline, and from maintenance he was unable to bring two back, thus reducing the capacity of the pipeline to two-thirds of his capacity, leaving the remaining A minor of the functioning pumps was occasionally shut down for his maintenance.
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