People Living Near New Pylons getting £250 a year off their bills,
 

That's a better start.

BBC News Text :
[A "planning shake-up" could see people living near
new pylons getting £250 a year off their bills,
the Times reports.
The proposal is part of the government's
efforts to speed up building new homes,
the paper adds.]


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Isn't there a link to cancer?

https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/advic...e-near-a-pylon

There has been massive public opposition to these pylons but they've ploughed ahead regardless.

But you are getting 250.00 off your bill who cares if you look out at a pylon and are dead in a few years.... why can't they go underground?

I bet Keir and Angela wont be living next to a pylon, its only good enough for the plebs

i'm pretty sure there is direct correlation to pylon proximity and children's health.

Yes,
hence the Cash

no amount of cash can compensate for cancer links...sorry

Honestly there's just no difference between governments these days is there. I remember Sunak doing similar crowing over the "great" things they were doing for people by knocking something like £200 a year (it may even have been less) off of average tax bills. I mean not to be flippant but even if you're near rock bottom poor, £20 a month is absolute piss in the ocean in terms of a household budget, it's insulting to anyone for it to be touted as anything more than a bit of pocket change.

In exchange for having a massive pylon built over your head?

I mean I think the evidence of physical harm is lacking but that's not really the point... it's just not a nice way to live. And that's even for renters - if you actually own it, it's going to devalue the property by a shedload more than £2500/10 years.

I'm not even saying that the building of infrastructure isn't necessary...

I'm saying that the compensation for it is a joke. Absolutely shocking. Excuse the pun.

One thing they could and absolutely should do for people in this situation?

"We're going to build pylons over all of your houses, however as compensation, your own electricity will be 100% free forever, no questions asked"

Now THAT, I would say, would be a very appealing compensation.

£20 extra per month is a lot for some people, that's 4 extra dinners each month. The money shouldn't be laughed at. Labour and its promises being broken should be laughed at..

Dont worry, they will all be able to sleep soundly under the constant buzz of the pylon, safe in the knowledge the buzzing is keeping all the migrant families cozy and warm in their new builds.

Yes, but on TV news
No Cancer infection is mentioned

It should be laughed at because it should be a lot more. I also know it's not meaningless money but in a family household budget, having a government suggest that people should be "grateful" for an extra couple of hundred a year in their pocket, is really a disgrace.

Yes, why not underground... Because it's too expensive. There was also a suggestion that the cables could go under water, around the coast from Yarmouth... Again, too expensive. Not enough profit for the shareholders.

They can go underground

But there is No Funding for that


It costs Millions more

So you get £450 and a massively increased risk of cancer?

where do I sign up?

If it's new towns, there is no reason why cables cannot be underground and they are not going to be more than a few miles from the nearest electricity supply point, so again, no reason for them to be over ground

and all those Cancer tests and treatment will cost the NHS millions, maybe put peoples health before profit

250.00...dont be greedy :nono:

they are doing this to try and eliminate local opposition to the pylons. I think they are in for a big surprise

Good point
It appears the Electric companies
do not have funding to go underground
So Labour should Fund it, own it.

Okay a bit more detail on this now as it is being discussed on LBC

250.00 off is only for 10 years.


Oh and lenders wont lend on properties located near a Pylon.... lady rang in to say she has been trying to sell her property but 3 buyers have fallen through as the banks wont lend...

ooop

also, everyones bills are being increased to pay for the pylon compensation

and there it is...

Just before the Election
The Conservatives were planning Go Underground first


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