and day to bring down inflation so that the money in people s pockets can go further. data suggests that some families will once again be struggling this winter with energy costs off the back of another difficult one. how do you target that support to help those people? it s really important that we do target our support to the most vulnerable in society, and that s what we re doing. so the national living wage has gone up by around £1,400 for those on the lowest earnings. pensioners are receiving an extra £300 this winter alongside their winter fuel payment and everyone on universal credit is receiving £900 in direct cost of living support, because i want to make sure the most vulnerable in our society do get that extra help. even as the energy prices are coming down, we want to keep providing that help, because bills are still high. other political parties have been less impressed by the price cap, placing the blame on the government for the increase in costs over the last couple
data suggest that some families will once again be struggling this winter with energy costs off the back of another difficult one. how do you target that support to help those people? it s really important that we do target our support to the most vulnerable in society, and that s what we re doing. so the national living wage has gone up by around £1,400 for those on the lowest earnings, pensioners are receiving an extra £300 this winter alongside their winter fuel payment, and everyone on universal credit is receiving £900 in direct cost of living support. because i want to make sure the most vulnerable in our society do get that extra help. even as the energy prices are coming down, we want to keep providing that help because bills are still high. a police officer in nottinghamshire is in a serious condition after being hit by a train as he tried to help a distressed man on the tracks. the events happened on thursday night in the village of balderton, 20 miles away from the city o
who are getting paid minimum wage. that s the people who i m sort of thinking about coming into this winter. today s announcement limits the gas and electricity unit prices, which energy companies are allowed to charge. almost all households in britain and the cap is going down, but not by much. so, a year and a half ago, people were paying around £1200 a yearfor their bills. but then gas per unit in the market was about 50% of the sort of prices we re seeing this winter. and that s why prices still remain high. because we re not getting that extra government support this year, that £66 in monthly payments, despite the small drop in price, what we re all paying out this winter is going to feeljust as tough as last year. labour say the government isn t doing enough to help while costs are still so high. but the government say they are still giving extra to those struggling most. pensioners are receiving an extra £300 this winter alongside their winter fuel payment, and everyone on un
backbenches hoping for tax cuts any time soon should forget it.- time soon should forget it. yes, we are conservatives, time soon should forget it. yes, we are conservatives, we time soon should forget it. yes, we| are conservatives, we fundamentally believe in lower taxes, i want people to be able to keep more of their hard earned earnings in their pockets and purses. but we are in a situation at the moment where because we were able to support people so well during the pandemic, in thanks, in part, to the previous ten years of conservative government, because of the hard work over that decade we were able to support people through the pandemic. you can remember things like the furlough scheme, we save millions of jobs. furlough scheme, we save millions of “obs. , . . . , furlough scheme, we save millions of “obs. . . . jobs. does that mean that people can foruet jobs. does that mean that people can forget about jobs. does that mean that people can forget about any jobs. d