Benjamin Wilce

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Benjamin Wilce

Benjamin Wilce

@BenjaminWilce

Katılım Ocak 2023
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Razor Marone
Razor Marone@Streettough·
I swear this lunch would have cost half of that 10 years ago and I strongly doubt that their joint income hasn’t doubled in that time? Certainly not through costs of living payrises
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Mike
Mike@Mike_Nis·
@SkyNews @RachelReevesMP Why doesn’t the UK look to switch off / limit their use of Gas Power Stations and rely on the Nuclear and vast amounts of Renewable sources they have heavily invested in? This would reduce the Elec price as it wouldn’t be driven by the wholesale gas cost?
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Sky News
Sky News@SkyNews·
'No one would pay a penny more for their gas and electricity this autumn and winter' under Labour's plans to tackle the increase in the energy price cap, says Shadow Chancellor @RachelReevesMP. trib.al/iloRtPt 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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Benjamin Wilce
Benjamin Wilce@BenjaminWilce·
@choppedchilli @crescentmoontea Wouldn't that just put millions of people and children into real poverty. Many will get more from the state pension than they pay in. You need around 300k pension pot to replace the state pension.
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Martin Lewis
Martin Lewis@MartinSLewis·
Today's Poll: Are you an employee, if so is your pay due to rise next month, April? Which of these is CLOSEST to your situation PS If you get a rise at other times in the year then the answer is no. This is about how many people see an April increase.
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Politics UK
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK·
🚨 NEW: Inflation remained unchanged in February at 3%
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paul.
paul.@Youthcryptohope·
@MartinSLewis No idea, part time but each year is a surprise despite ask8ngbduringbthevrun up to April…good eh!
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Iain
Iain@IainWATP·
@MartinSLewis 3.5% pay rise. Rent up 5.6% and council tax up 5.9% so doesn’t feel like an actual pay rise 😖
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Ash Mccutcheon
Ash Mccutcheon@ash_mccutcheon·
@MartinSLewis 2% pay rise extra £20 a month that will go on the rise of council tax. So in reality no pay rise
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Sam Mearns
Sam Mearns@SamMearns·
@PolitlcsUK Go to the shops. Inflation ain’t at 3% everything is still going up and has been for years. Even when inflation was coming down supermarkets keep putting the prices up.
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Rob Moore
Rob Moore@robprogressive·
Why do I have to pay over £5,000 to have my bins emptied Just because my house is bigger? Or in a different area? It’s the same ‘service’ whether your house is worth £200K or £2 million Up to £5,835 a year to get your bins emptied Oh, and if I ALREADY pay a national tax, why am I paying a local tax on top? Council tax is actually a wealth tax
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Benjamin Wilce
Benjamin Wilce@BenjaminWilce·
@Dilemmatime @MartinSLewis I would agree but pensioners and people with electricity wheelchairs would pay more. That's reason charity's give for not scrapping them
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Z@Dilemmatime·
@BenjaminWilce @MartinSLewis Would make it more transparent then who was excessively profiteering, comparing just one price would simplify things and those whom used more paid more
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Martin Lewis
Martin Lewis@MartinSLewis·
How would the govt intervene to cut energy bills if needed? Its worth looking at the two previous domestic energy models we saw in recent years. 1. Liz Truss (as PM) reduce energy costs for all. The Energy Price Guarantee reduced bills by limiting the unit rates charged for gas and electricity, with the government saying this would keep (the then definition of a) typical household bill to about £2,500/yr. This was a very expensive route for the state, as it meant all bills were reduced, and by definition the biggest users got the biggest subsidies. Though it did mean everyone got helped. 2. Rishi Sunak (as Chancellor) flat help for all and targeted support. Before that happened there had already been support in place. It comprised a menu of help for different people across slightly different times. Roughly... - £400 grant for domestic electricity users paid over 6mths - £150 council tax rebate for those on Council Tax Band A to D (seen as a proxy for lower incomes) - £650 for those on certain means-tested benefits - £300 top-up for state pensioners - £150 payment for those on certain non-means-tested disability benefits. This was still costly, but not as much, as it was targeted, and the amounts were flat so lower users got the same help as higher. ---------- My suspicion is the current govt is more likely to look at the second version as a model for what it does (though it doesn't look like the payments spread would be as wide or as big)
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Z@Dilemmatime·
@MartinSLewis Outlaw standing charges, it’s as simple as that!
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Benjamin Wilce
Benjamin Wilce@BenjaminWilce·
@Shaun09902039 @MartinSLewis Because Household energy companies don't make billions of profits. Shell may make billions around the world but it's not UK profits
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Controversial Bear
Controversial Bear@Shaun09902039·
@MartinSLewis Why do we need to use tax payers money to cut bills each time? Why not hit the energy companies and their 100’s millions of pounds of profit? We can also start drilling more in the North Sea which will bring the price down.
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howster34
howster34@howster34·
@MartinSLewis Start digging the North Sea for oil, seems a simple solution we need stop replying on foreign countries when we have a massive ocean with the stuff just sitting there
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