you have been up and down the country, in and out of people's homes and businesses. what is it you have found? there's two really different groups of people i have encountered. particularly in the last few months, that are quite distinctive. one is the group of people who have probably been in fuel poverty for quite some time, are potentially more used to living on a budget, perhaps they live on benefits, perhaps they have just had a limited income, and a lot of those individuals are very good at budgeting but have made all the cuts they can. so, when energy prices went up in september 2021, that was their first big shock, that many of us across the country didn't really feel that much or were able to take it in our stride. but for a lot of those individuals, they were hit with it more than a year ago. so this year has been sort of, you know, slice after slice of their income being removed, and it has been incredibly difficult for them. it has got really bad ever