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23-03-2022, 12:56 PM | #51 | |||
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Is anyone tempted by the green incentive? I would get solar but not planning on staying in this house past 2027.
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23-03-2022, 01:01 PM | #52 | |||
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Solar panels might help inflate your selling price, so may as well snap some up while the going's good! |
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23-03-2022, 01:05 PM | #53 | |||
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It seems odd we are being relieved of that and yet increases in council tax are stated as for adult social care. Why is that our responsibility?
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23-03-2022, 01:07 PM | #54 | |||
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Well they might I guess but I'd rather put them on my next place.
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23-03-2022, 01:09 PM | #55 | ||
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If buying outright rather than on a scheme it's probably worth it anyway, as they're likely to increase the selling price of the property, and then that extra can be used to fit new ones on the new property. |
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23-03-2022, 01:16 PM | #56 | ||
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[edit to add] Realistically though yes after October, expect to pay double what you've been paying, unless you cut usage. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 23-03-2022 at 01:18 PM. |
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23-03-2022, 01:21 PM | #57 | |||
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oh its not that bad I will be having a chat with them though to explain why the rise is higher than 54%
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23-03-2022, 01:22 PM | #58 | ||
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If it much more than doubles then realistically there'll have to be political intervention because it's not just a case of "people will struggle to pay it" - people simply won't be able to pay it, won't pay it, will go into massive energy debt that the companies will be unable to reclaim any time soon, and they'll bust.
Put it this way... let's say a young family ends up with a £3000 energy debt, their living situation becomes unmanageable and they end up moving in with parents. All that can happen to that £3k debt is that it gets bought by a debt collector for a fraction of what it's worth, and then the struggling family sets up a token payment of £20 a month or whatever. The energy company barely sees a sniff of that £3000 debt. Ever. They have no other legal avenue to go down, there are rules about debt collection and affordability. Multiply that by a million families . |
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23-03-2022, 01:25 PM | #59 | ||
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For us realistically we can cover it doubling or even tripling (which would be insane, given my bill is already £155 a month) as we're both set for promotions in April but I swear to god... it's ****ing demoralising to get promotions and pay rises just for half of them to be wiped out by energy bills and car costs. Working harder and more responsibility just to tread water. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 23-03-2022 at 01:26 PM. |
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23-03-2022, 01:30 PM | #60 | |||
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23-03-2022, 01:30 PM | #61 | |||
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ours was 149, its gone to 289....
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23-03-2022, 01:31 PM | #62 | |||
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my gas is fixed, so no problem there, i am on standard tariff for elec because a fixed tariff price was just insane. I think my rate rise is about 50% or so, certainly not significantly more than that
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23-03-2022, 01:33 PM | #63 | |||
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according to Martin Lewis if you ditch DD and go variable you pay a higher rate
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...?ocid=msedgntp
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23-03-2022, 01:35 PM | #64 | |||
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23-03-2022, 01:36 PM | #65 | |||
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I can see people taking to the stree... Oh yeah, you'll be arrested if you try. Funny that...
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23-03-2022, 01:43 PM | #66 | |||
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I have bounced off an email, I am not even that much in debit just over 100.00 which you would expect at this time of year cheeky twats
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23-03-2022, 01:45 PM | #67 | |||
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23-03-2022, 01:47 PM | #68 | |||
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and they claim its their most popular fix
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23-03-2022, 02:07 PM | #69 | ||
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They won't give a clear answer I don't think, it depends on what happens over the next 6 months.
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23-03-2022, 03:19 PM | #70 | ||
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If it helps at all Cherie, a friend of my wife got a DD quote that had tripled (lol) but after talking with the company it only actually went up 25%.
Honestly IMO now that we're heading into summer... it's probably better just to get billed for actual usage and prep for spending more in winter. I'm currently jelly of my sister, who still has an open fire and lives in the middle of nowhere. And she knows local loggers so she can get the wood practically free! (they'll drop off a literal shedload that will last an entire winter for < £100) Meanwhile we're all paying through the nose for gas . |
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23-03-2022, 03:22 PM | #71 | |||
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23-03-2022, 03:24 PM | #72 | |||
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23-03-2022, 03:26 PM | #73 | |||
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[Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves accused Sunak of delivering 'increasingly incredible claims', telling MPs: 'Perhaps the Chancellor has been taking inspiration from the characters of Alice in Wonderland - or should I say Alice in Sunak-land, because nothing here is quite as it seems either.] Pathetic to use Alice in Wonderland in my view. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...y-NOTHING.html Last edited by arista; 23-03-2022 at 03:29 PM. |
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23-03-2022, 03:35 PM | #74 | |||
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Tesco meal deal ha risen 50p to £3.50
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23-03-2022, 03:52 PM | #75 | |||
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Its still £3 if you use your clubcard
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