Dan Wootton: April will see some forced to make the decision between heating and eating

Dan Wootton: April will see some forced to make the decision between heating and eating

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[peterpisspotty]

But there's loads of money to go around - they're spending over £5 million a day on housing illegal immigrants

[peterpisspotty]

That Rishi is a multi millionaire - he won't be cold in winter, his belly will always be full. These politicians have no idea how the average person survives

[claudiojunior]

What would he know about difficult time ????

[hirepgym]

Boris and his pals should take a wage cut to help out ! yeah you can just see that happening

[brianwalker]

STOP calling this £200 a rebate. It is not a rebate. It is an unsolicited loan being forced onto poor households. It is to be paid back over 5 years at £40 per year by all who get it.

[mintychris]

The UK could be self sufficient in energy. Who resisted fracking for gas?

[ap]

Don't worry, they have removed VAT on tampons for men

[KevinSmith-kiyl]

Us pensioners that as far as i can tell are getting 3.5 percent rise wich I’ve been told takes my pension up to £183 pound a week and because I’ve got a work pension of approximately £120 I’m not entitled to any help i would love to see these bastards live on £300 pounds a week

[sids]

British pensioners between 9 to 12, 000 a year... DINGY DIVER'S £29, 000 a year🤯😠🙄😡🤬👊👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[rb]

What will those already in that predicament do from April??

[adrianrouse]

Removing the triple lock. Raised ni payments. Cost of inflation. Lack of brexit.increasing number of migrants. Zero carbon costs. Party gate. Way to go boris

[ElCampiador]

This does not sound like good economics when you have to give taxpayers money back after increasing unjustified taxes.

[ChrisBNisbet]

Just add cheap electricity to the grid. Coal is wonderful. CO2 is not pollution. There is no climate crisis.

[abazely]

Looks like Boris will be gluing himself to number 10.

[CumbriaPreaching]

Man, did anyone else notice Hancock mesmerised by Esther Mcvay?
What an absolute creep, he should be locked up for the safety of women and the country.

[timneale]

All the taxs hiking will finish the Troy's and Bojo.

[PeterStrachanMusic]

I sometimes wonder what all the climate change lecturers will say when thousands are freezing.. When will they realise that we need to be able to afford to heat our homes.. Climate change taxes already on our bills need to be removed.. The UK needs somehow, to be less reliant on foreign suppliers...

[AllenORourke]

Did anyone else notice Hancock gazing longingly at the blonde MP near the end....😁

[fathernature]

Boris is American shouldn't be allowed in English government

[josephyoung]

It's important to remember this isn't a political story. A long while ago Western countries decided to work towards net zero. That has resulted in many countries stripping out Coal, lignite and nuclear (Germany post Fukushima) out of their supply stacks. They made their bet on Gas fired generation filling the hole via global LNG projects coming online. They miscalculated that China, Japan and Korea need these supplies too in large quantities. Demand destruction wrought by Covid has paused work and has been unable to respond to increased demand as things get back to normal. If you want to blame anything on this blame the cult-like following of Net Zero by governments and corporations. The end result will be ordinary people having to pay potentially 3x as much on their energy needs. Please don't underestimate how expensive a policy like net zero will be.

The rich will be able to spend money to adapt their lifestyles to net zero (while salving their conscious), however how are ordinary people supposed to help fund the hugely expensive infrastructure changes required if we move towards hydrogen for example? (Which will be more than a decade away anyway). Even if the government of the time have to fund this it will be passed on through higher taxation in any case, so we all pay eventually.