On Friday, August 26, the British were struck by an unpleasant surprise: energy prices will rise by 80%, said British utilities regulator Ofgem.
From October, energy companies will be allowed to charge the average household about 350 euros per month, with the price expected to rise to 460 euros per month in January. Currently, it is only about 193 euros.
While the UK is not directly dependent on supplies from Russia, energy bills are also billed at European market prices.
The result: more and more citizens are dependent on the support of food banks. According to the publication, there are families so depleted financially and psychologically that before the help of the Trussell Trust, they did not even have a mattress for a children’s bed, they did not have a refrigerator or a stove, and they did not even have suitable underwear for children.
Some people have given up potatoes, rice, and pasta because they don’t want to cook because of energy savings.
“Poverty goes much further and deeper than you think on the street. And it gets worse,” says a local resident.
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