Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

Merlin's_Beard

It's horrifying. And he's been saying similar for months - one of the news podcasts I listen to has his "I'm vitually out of tools to help people now" as one of their intro soundbites, and that's from March. And it's only got worse.

And all we can do is what he suggests - batten down the hatches. And there are going to be so many people that can't.

beanielou

Tis dire.
It made me cry el 

beanielou

Absolutely @Merlin's_Beard

savingholmes

The figures are super scary. It is going to impact every demographic. The only question is how hard will it bite and who can survive it. Then add to that the irony that they aren't planning to offer public sector workers rises that even come close to matching inflation - and many  workers will get no rises at all or are on zero hours contracts - and you wonder who will be left to fund even things like food banks... 

While many of us could leave our 'cold' homes and return to a 'warm' office - but then you have to be able to afford the cost of the commute so swapping one problem for another. I think the other scary thing is that the price cap is not a reflection of the total charge. In the past spend in my home has been above the price cap average spend forecast. It therefore feels very unknowable. I have managed to fix elec but not gas... 

girlatplay

Utterly terrifying.

elantan

it scared me as well Beanie, I have shared it with friends on whatsapp saying u need to watch this and u need to prepare, I am horrified at the thought of the future for many 

beanielou

I mean I really want  to say to people to pay money to my energy provider for my birthday.
If only I could!

elantan

beanielou said:

I mean I really want  to say to people to pay money to my energy provider for my birthday.
If only I could!

if I was a person that bought you presents I certainly wouldnt mind you asking me, let's be honest it's acceptable now to ask for donations for charities, why not for our own help ? £20 towards leccy or gas or food or petrol might make life easier than being taken out for a meal where you have to worry about money, clothes, etc 

But I totally appreciate not everyone is the same 

savingholmes

beanielou said:

I mean I really want  to say to people to pay money to my energy provider for my birthday.
If only I could!

I think you can say this - I would if that's what I needed.

I think people often want to give us treats we wouldn't otherwise get for our birthday though. If you got someone to buy you clothes or something you would have bought anyway - you could then put that £ towards the energy bill. I appreciate you have a very tight budget though.

beanielou

We will see.
It is a big birthday.