i ve got a struggle. it s almost an unimaginable number, iyou know, the sort of price of bills. that we re going to be facing come january as well. - have you contacted us before? at the local citizens advice, many are seeking help for the first time. i asked the chief executive nicky willshere how she felt about the winter ahead. terrifying. i mean, i m really worried about families and households, whether they re single households or not. the cost of energy is unbearable now, without it going up. and i don t know how households are going to manage, i can just see that demand on our services and other voluntary sector services are going to go through the roof. most people s heating isn t on yet, and there is every reason to postpone that moment as long as possible. simon jack, bbc news. the regulator ofgem has urged the government to take urgent action, but it s been made clear that no big decisions will be made until the new prime minister
i ve got a struggle. it s almost an unimaginable| number, you know, the sort of price of bills that we re going to be facing - come january as well. have you contacted us before? at the local citizens advice, many are seeking help for the first time. i asked the chief executive nicky willshere how she felt about the winter ahead. terrifying. i mean, i m really worried about families and households, whether they re single households or not. the cost of energy is unbearable now, without it going up. and i don t know how households are going to manage, i can just see that demand on our services and other voluntary sector services are going to go through the roof. most people s heating isn t on yet, and there is every reason to postpone that moment as long as possible. simon jack, bbc news.
rishi sunak says he ll cut the yellow bit there that s vat on fuel. so, little wonder there are calls for much more support than currently are on offer, especially as the industry experts who got today s number right have been saying that bills could hit over £5,000 injanuary and over £6,000 in april. back in ipswich, people at a local community centre were shocked and angry. it s actually made me feel ill, physically ill, to hear that figure. it s even higher, i think, than we were expecting. it s a nightmare, and most people can t afford it. i think of families. i m a pensionerand i ve got a struggle. it s almost an unimaginable number, iyou know, the sort of price of bills. that we re going to be facing come january as well. have you contacted us before? at the local citizens advice, many are seeking help for the first time. i asked the chief executive nicky willshere how she felt about the winter ahead. terrifying. i mean, i m really worried about families and households, whe
would pay for that? one often suggested by the energy industry is that customers pay over the next decade, which would limit average prices at £2000 a year, but then leave them close to that well into the 2030s, even if the ukraine war ends. another is for a second time, the leadership front one or front runner liz truss said no. borrowing is likely to have to take the strain, but there are no easy options here. interest rates are rising, as is inflation. there is a significant choice, but a fundamentaljudgment whether to fundamental judgment whether to continue with fundamentaljudgment whether to continue with the approach of targeting help or treating the situation the same as the pandemic. to deal with this is a shock, and the stakes are high for the economy, the stakes are high for the economy, the government and every household in the country. let s speak to emma thomas, chief executive of youngminds, a charity which represents young people s mental health.