E.On UK boss warns 40% of customers face fuel poverty
Business / Sun 22nd May 2022 at 05:29pm
ONE of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers has warned that up to 40% of its customers will be in fuel poverty by October as it called on the government to help struggling homes reports the BBC.
E.On UK boss Michael Lewis said the rise in energy prices is “unprecedented” and a growing number of its customers are in arrears.
The government is facing calls to levy a windfall tax on oil and gas firms.
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said Rishi Sunak will look at all options.
“We will review everything,” he told the BBC, adding: “We’ve got £22bn in the next 12 months of help to those people who need it the most.”
However, Mr Lewis said around one in eight of its customers were already struggling to pay their bills, even before the weather turns colder and the new energy price cap comes into force in October, which is expected to rise significantly.
“We do need more intervention in October and it has to be very substantial,” he told the BBC’s Sunday Programme.
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Adam
2022-05-22 20:26:11
We do not need a windfall tax, that is a one off what we need is green taxes and levies removing that will reduce the cost of energy in the longer term. The issue here is government greed and stupidity
Margaret Bullen
2022-05-23 04:38:32
Pensioners even on moderate pensions cannot live on the marked increases, and another 40% increase is not feasible, many of them with health and disability problems cannot simply take on a job, which the government will again tax and there is little access to job opportunities anyway.
jarrett
2022-05-23 08:25:47
As the well known Martin Lewis has stated there could be civil unrest on the streets what with energy and food bills rising and that is before we feel the full effects of the war in Ukraine on the harvest.
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