If I didn’t have two kids to keep warm I think me and my partner would probably have been in that number. It’s not fun, but we can spend the time where we’re not at work in massive dressing gowns and giant warm socks to keep the heat at bay.
Not possible when you’ve got a baby and a 4 year old though.
I bought oodies for the whole family, paid for themselves in a couple of weeks. I had to figure out where the mold point was with the heating (too cold and you get mold) so we still had it on, but it was 3 degrees lower on the thermostat than the previous year. Not everyone can do it, for sure.
At one point I was wearing an oodie under a dryrobe.
Toasty core. Chilly toes.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Millions of Britons did not switch on their heating during cold snaps last winter in an attempt to save on their energy bills as the cost of gas and electricity soared.
The increase in gas prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced the UK government to intervene to subsidise the cost of household energy bills, which remained well above pre-energy crisis levels, and belatedly launch an advertising campaign encouraging consumers to reduce their usage.
The fresh calls for a social tariff have emerged as Ofgem, the energy regulator for Great Britain, prepares to announce the latest price cap on Friday, which will come into effect from October.
The government has been accused of betraying the most vulnerable in society by failing to introduce a social tariff despite repeated pledges in the last year to consult on proposals to put one in place by April 2024.
The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, promised to consider a social tariff for energy bills in the autumn statement last year as part of a pledge to help vulnerable people.
In the spring statement earlier this year, the Treasury confirmed that the government was “developing a new approach” to protect households, including the consideration of a social tariff.
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I lived with a lad last winter who said he never switches the heating on. I went back to pick up some stuff just after I moved out and it was 3 degrees inside the bedroom… No thanks. The government is completely failing people like him.
