Meet the Brits who won't pay their energy bills | Cost of living crisis | The New Statesman
September 2, 2022
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as posted by the channelThousands of brits are refusing to pay their energy bills to protest "deadly" price hikes.
Energy prices in the UK are expected to rise around 80 per cent in October. As the cost of living crisis deepens, thousands of customers are pledging to boycott their energy bills in protest as part of a nationwide campaign called "Don't Pay UK". Their aim is to force energy companies and government - including politicians like Boris Johnson and Liz Truss - to take action over the rising cost of gas and electricity.
But refusing to pay is not without risk. As Matt Copeland of the charity National Energy Action says, protesters could find themselves in debt to energy companies - incurring larger bills in the long run and worsening their own cost of living crisis.
In this video, New Statesman journalists Anoosh Chakelian, Emma Haslett and Phil Clarke-Hill speak to the brits refusing to pay their bills. They also meet energy boss Dale Vince, founder and owner of Ecotricity, and attend a rally with Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, who highlights the perceived hypocrisy of company shareholders raking in profits while the poorest suffer. He says, "enough is well and truly enough".
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