Gas is the issue . blame Blair and the EUCan he afford to?
Guess it might be cheaper than economic crash. Or extra tax on BP, but we can't tax Norwegian gas producers, or French supplied electric.
Gas is the issue . blame Blair and the EUCan he afford to?
Guess it might be cheaper than economic crash. Or extra tax on BP, but we can't tax Norwegian gas producers, or French supplied electric.
Vacancies around here but its bloody odd, mates son has applied for jobs with big manufacturing firms and hasnt even had an acknowledgement of reciept of his application, let alone a job offer. Firms are still adverstising though. He meets all the criteria too. Still far to many jobs offering minimum wage and moaning they cannot get staff.Not here , vacancies everywhere ,
I don't think that'd be a good move. Fuel shortages would quickly follow.Chancellor could slash fuel duty
If you think the war between Russia & Ukraine has caused problems with inflation & shortages just imagine the disruption if America succeeds in starting a war between China & Taiwan, then you would really see disruption & civil unrest!Car parts factory near here has pretty much everyone on zero hour contracts now.
dont think we got that high but it was certainly carachter building ,reckon folks must be borrowed to the hilt and well beyond their means if a 0.5% rise is going to bother them , but then those days have made me a tad reticent to borrow if I cant see a return . I dont want to return to the waking up at 3am on wednesday night wondering how the feck am I going to pay the chap who has a wife home and a couple of kids to support on friday after giving me a weeks workI managed 24% .
Campaign for 3 day week also???If household budgets are squeezed £3,000, maybe up to £5-6,000+ annually, then something has to give. Less cash to spend on things.
Now BoE start raising interest rates, so more mortgage pain.
Demand destruction. Factories on reduced hours = lower wages to pay the increasing living costs.
It's all energy price related. No reduction in energy prices will mean recession imho.
Car parts factory near us closed down with loss of 600 jobs ..Was supplying JLR amongst others.Car parts factory near here has pretty much everyone on zero hour contracts now.
And blame Putin for taking advantage of a gullible export marketGas is the issue . blame Blair and the EU
Their'll all have us "over a barrel", soon?And blame Putin for taking advantage of a gullible export market
Food needs to be slightly more profitable for primary producers especially pork beef and lamb but that doesn’t necessary mean it has to be expensive .Totally agree with you and food has been too cheap also
Looking at this article on the French & European drought I have a feeling food may become more valuable.Food needs to be slightly more profitable for primary producers especially pork beef and lamb but that doesn’t necessary mean it has to be expensive .
Fishing Bob. Bored tonight?Bumpy road ahead due to gas prices , but a proper recession involves huge lay offs in the employment sector
Big disconnect between big govt and reality
Not by himFuel prices are being slashed already
Goodness Bob, not showing much guile.Gas is the issue . blame Blair and the EU
As longLooking at this article on the French & European drought I have a feeling food may become more valuable.
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Well after todays announcement from the Bank of England , there is something very very very wrong in the system...You could argue energy has been too cheap for too long and if it had ramped up or at least kept pace with where it should be over the last 30 years then we would all be in a better position.
As russel brand said in 1 of his videos the Governments job is to give your money to giant corporations ! And they are fecking good at it!Well after todays announcement from the Bank of England , there is something very very very wrong in the system...
So... let me get this straight:
* British Gas made a profit of £1.3bn between January & June
* BP announced profits of £6.95 billion between April and June alone
* Shell has profited by £9.4bn in a year
The MEN at the top:
* John Pettigrew, boss of National Grid received £6.5m bonus on top of his salary
* Chris O’Shea, chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica was paid almost £2m last year in salary and benefits
* Centrica's non-executive directors were paid almost £1m
* Scottish Power's CEO Keith Anderson is on £1.15m.
* E.On boss Michael Lewis is on £1m
* EDF's Simone Rossi is also on £1m
* And their top execs enjoyed a share of £4.65m
* Peter Simpson of Anglian Water earned a £1.3m pay package
* Welsh Water bosses awarded themselves bonuses of over £930,000
* Severn Trent bosses awarded themselves bonuses of £5.56m
* Thames Water's Sarah Bentley, received a £727,000 bonus on top of her £2m annual salary
Meanwhile there are...
* People who haven't had breakfast and/or lunch TODAY, because they can't afford it.
* People using FoodBanks because food is becoming more of a luxury than a necessity.
* Children celebrating a birthday without presents.
* Parents worrying about new school uniforms - and some schools enforcing rules which are not cost-effective.
* People who can't get to work because they can't afford to put petrol in their cars/pay for public transport anymore.
* People who are working so much they're making themselves ill, and they STILL CAN'T AFFORD to pay their bills.
* People who have been given fines by these same energy/water companies because they couldn't afford to pay their bills in the first place - increasing their debt.
* Customers being told to do STAR JUMPS TO KEEP WARM for crying out loud!
* Hose pipe bans when gallons of water leak away everyday.
* Elderly people NOT DRINKING because they're worried about running out of water!!!
All this and energy prices are set to rise up to 75% in October...
THIS IS MADNESS!.. I'm all for supporting profits ..I'm not for supporting greed at the cost of lives of others..
Something needs to change..
Why are customers' money being used to make life more comfortable for those who are making life more intolerable for the rest of us?
I actually don't understand how the energy companies are allowed to get away with this and why the government aren't stopping them instead of handing out money.....
Didn’t petrol get to a £1 at lockdown, still far up from there.Fuels is coming on down. Petrol now £1.75 and falling. Diesel in the low £1.80's. Was over £2 on motorways not so long ago.