Comments by "Safir Ahmed" (@safirahmed) on "Martin Lewis Explains How Energy Customers Could Avoid Paying Standing Charges" video.

  1. Banks standardised overdraft charges and put their overdraft rates to at or near 40% from the previous rate of around 20% because of Martin Lewis's campaign according to one bank worker. The same thing will happen with standing charges as energy companies will increase both standing charges and unit rates for energy to ensure their profits remain at current levels. The energy sector regulation is a scam as the regulator Ofgem is a government department and the Prime Minister could greatly lower unit rates and standing charges. It's just the Prime Minister and the government choose to support increased energy poverty. Government chose to restrict Warm Home Discount eligibility criteria. New Labour government chose to scrap Winter Fuel Allowance. The government chooses to enforce smart meters to price people to ration energy use instead of building new gas, oil and coal power stations that are reliable and not reliant on unreliable wind and solar power. Government could fully fund reductions in utility bills and increase social security benefits and state pensions from the government owned Bank of England but the New Labour government choose poverty, inequality, debt, cold homes to make the people suffer as a political choice.
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