Incremento per le famiglie del Regno Unito grazie alla cancellazione del debito sulla bolletta energetica di 500 milioni di sterline
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/energy-bill-debt-written-off-ofgem-b2854865.html
di BestButtons
Incremento per le famiglie del Regno Unito grazie alla cancellazione del debito sulla bolletta energetica di 500 milioni di sterline
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/energy-bill-debt-written-off-ofgem-b2854865.html
di BestButtons
31 commenti
So we shouldnt have bothered paying, this is wholly unfair
> The regulator anticipates writing off up to £500 million in historic debt, accumulated during the recent energy crisis, a measure expected to benefit approximately 195,000 individuals.
> The regulator confirmed that a final consultation on the first phase of its debt relief scheme is set to be published shortly.
> Figures published by Ofgem last month showed that the money owed to suppliers by households in England, Scotland and Wales surged to a new record high of £4.4 billion by the end of June.
> The average debt for people who do not have a repayment plan with their provider currently stands at about £1,716 per household.
> It comes only a day after MPs called on the regulator to pay down some of the energy debt bill through windfall profits on suppliers.
> Ofgem said it is pushing forward with proposals to bring the debt down and reform how these debts are managed in order to prevent it growing as high in future and therefore reducing the cost to all households.
> Other proposals by Ofgem include plans to trial changes to the process households must follow when they move into a new property.
> **The first phase of the scheme, set to launch early next year, will focus on people in receipt of means-tested benefits with more than £100 of debt built up during the energy crisis**.
> It added that **eligible households will be expected to make some contribution towards debts and current energy use, or work with debt advice charities if unable to make payments**.
So don’t stop paying your bills expecting this to be free for all.
Is there any other industry where paying customers directly subsidise those that don’t?
I know supermarkets put prices up to claw back shoplifting but they at least don’t apply an overt ‘shoplifting levy’ to my weekly shop.
This is an absolute joke, once again people who work hard, pay their bills and do the right thing are being screwed over because others don’t pay. Disgraceful.
Everyone (households) who pays for their electricity has £52 added to their bill every year.
That money is used to compensate the electricity companies for losses they’ve made from people being unable to pay their bills because of the high cost of energy.
It’s a dishonest way of keeping the deficit off the social security and benefits budgets which is where it should really be dealt with and effectively another tax on households.
I see Labour continues to support the benefits class.
Seems like capitalism constantly need socialist bailouts to keep basic necessities functional….
Maybe instead of bailing out stockholders, we nationalise electricity and bailout ourselves.
Someone remind me why I bother working and saving and paying all my bills? And now even the tax I’ve paid is going to pay someone else’s bill. This is not a boost for households. The real boost would be working people being able to keep more of their own money, and not have it taken away and handed to someone else.
> Under the existing price cap, an annual charge of £52 is levied on household energy bills as a debt allowance, designed to cover unpaid energy debts that are ultimately written off.
Eh, we’re already paying it as *bill payers*, not tax payers so bills have already gone up because of this scheme.
Now this part is interesting:
>Ofgem said it is pushing forward with proposals to bring the debt down and reform how these debts are managed in order to prevent it growing as high in future and therefore reducing the cost to all households.
> Other proposals by Ofgem include plans to trial changes to the process households must follow when they move into a new property.
Currently, new occupants are expected to contact the existing supplier to set up an account. This sounds like the energy companies are going to try and get ahead of the game. I wonder what they’ll come up with?
Welcome to the United Kingdom! The only country in the world where people are rewarded for doing the wrong thing and not reading the small print before signing…….🙄
The stupid tax trap, triple lock, winter fuel allowance, now this.
This is the furthest from fair for working families.
No wonder populism is on the rise.
It’s obviously pretty unfair and is putting the cost onto people that do pay, but these people haven’t just got away with it. To get into this level of debt their credit is absolutely fucked and it will substantially limit their ability to do it again, they’re likely on prepayment now.
I know that doesn’t help with the fact we’ve paid but it’s not like this means they’re scott free
As per usual in this country, working hard, paying bills and doing everything “right” gets you absolutely nothing other than being continually milked by government for those who don’t work and don’t live within their means. Thanks again Labour.
When they say “you’ll become more right wing as you get older” this is the sort of thing that causes it.
Right, so those of us who actually pay (bills, taxes etc.) are shafted again.
Why did I let my house go cold last year? Utterly disgraceful that once again people who do the right thing are the ones who are punished.
So a MP recommended they use the previous years of record breaking profit to cover some of the debt and the companies have decided to increase costs to increase profits to pay for it. Not really what he said energy companies.
This is why I think private companies which provide national services (water, electricity, transport, food etc) should have profit limits and dividend limits. We can not trust these companies to invest and improve for the future instead they aim for profits today.
So people who do the right thing pay £52 a year to cover the scroungers who default.
First we paid ours, andnow we are paying for all others
Honestly I don’t know why I open Reddit BEFORE I GO TO WORK
So if we don’t pay our bills, someone else will? Lol
If we had anything about us in this country we would jump on this.
I’d love it if a bit more effort was put into encouraging people not to waste so much energy inflating their bills. When I sit down with mates and we compare bills the differences can be quite shocking (from £90pcm to £600pcm for gas/electric).
This is a group of people all living in comparable properties other than one in a 1 bed flat who pays more than half of us. I can count many stories of people telling me about their other half having the heat pumping out but also having their windows open ‘because it is too hot inside’. We all know people who have on every light in their house.
I’m not claiming this will solve the problem at all but for many they do not think and just use. I honestly believe a lot of people could reduce their bills with a bit of effort. I’ve had this convo with my mate who spends £600 a month but he claims he can’t reduce it.
Remember, in Britain all your bills and taxes are based on morality. The less morals you have, the less you pay!
Ugh, kinda wanna vote reform just to wipe out the benefits class
Yet ***another*** increase, and I bet those who ***cannot be bothered*** (to work/pay their bills/etc) are laughing all the way to the bank.
It’s not written off if other bill payers are having to cover it…
“I wrote off last week’s grocery bill by having my girlfriend pay for it!”
Because that’s going to encourage benefits to pay their bills.
This country makes me want to tear my hair out
Ideally instead of writting it off they should recover it from their estates and property with interest and cost of recovery.
I honestly think it’s time to stop cash benefits all together. I’m happy to pay for food, basic clothing for kids, heating and power when it’s a genuine need but if people cannot control their household budget then it should be done for them with much greater pressure to get out and earn a living if they can.
Yet again, responsible hard working people bail out the feckless.
Ofgem is proposing to allow suppliers to write off historic (older) energy debt from the crisis period, but only for certain households – roughly 195,000 people, according to the article.
So dont get too excited.
And I thought this was great (as a tax paying middle class person in a high cost of living area) as obviously it would be for those who struggle the most and isn’t a case of “I’ll just stop paying”. People are MAD at this? Damn.
The article actually says the first part is for those in means tested benefits and others will be expected to work with debt charities etc.
It’s so clearly not a case of “fuck you”. People just LOVE to hate this government.
i’m guessing energy ceo’s will get big fat bonus cheques from these earnings. the extraction economy continues on