BBCNEWS Ros Atkins On... The Rising... January 29, 2022 18:55:00
That's going to put an extra thousand pounds in millions of people's pockets. we also cut the universal credit table rate, that's cutting taxes for those on the lowest incomes. these are all calculations for the uk government to make, and there are many other governments facing similar decisions. the us saw a 29% increase in energy costs last year. in germany they went up by 18%. the uk, though, may see energy price rises of 50%, and an academic called professor dieter helm argues this could've been avoided. he wrote a report for the government about energy security four years ago. it's not ro...