energy prices are rising notjust in the uk governments in europe are also under pressure to support their citizens with huge sums of money being spent to shield the most vulnerable. 0ur europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports from belgium? veronique often wears a smile. though her money, she says, doesn t go far. she gets a discount on energy bills through a social tariff, along with a million belgian households. but still, she s taking fewer showers and won t heat her flat above 16 degrees this winter. higher energy costs will have consequences. translation: if they re increasing, l then i ll have even less to live on. | i don t know what i ll do then. eventually i ll have to go for food parcels to help me eat. and that s happening to more and more people i know. europe is awash with warnings about hard times ahead,
though her money, she says, doesn t go far. she gets a discount on energy bills through a social tariff, along with a million belgian households. but still, she s taking fewer showers and won t heat her flat above 16 degrees this winter. higher energy costs will have consequences. translation: if they re increasing, l then i ll have even less to live on. | i don t know what i ll do then. eventually i ll have to go for food parcels to help me eat. and that s happening to more and more people i know. europe is awash with warnings about hard times ahead, and information campaigns on how to cut energy use. it s hitting the news as governments use tax breaks, price caps and lump sum payments to help people with rising prices. how long can this go on for in terms of providing this level of government support?
difficult winters, with soaring energy costs and harsh economic conditions. governments on the continent are under pressure to support their citizens, with billions being spent to shield the most vulnerable. 0ur europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports from belgium. veronique often wears a smile. though her money, she says, doesn t go far. she gets a discount on energy bills through a social tariff, along with a million belgian households. but still, she s taking fewer showers and won t heat her flat above 16 degrees this winter. higher energy costs will have consequences. translation: if they re increasing, l then i ll have even less to live on. | i don t know what i ll do then. eventually, i ll have to go for food parcels to help me eat, and that s happening to more and more people i know.
our europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports from belgium. veronique often wears a smile, though her money, she says, doesn t go far. she gets a discount on energy bills through a social tariff, along with a million belgian households. but still, she s taking fewer showers and won t heat her flat above 16 degrees this winter. higher energy costs will have consequences. translation: if they re increasing, l then i ll have even less to live on. | i don t know what i ll do then. eventually i ll have to go for food parcels to help me eat. and that s happening to more and more people i know. europe is awash with warnings about hard times ahead, and information campaigns on how to cut energy use. it s hitting the news
going to be talking about this a lot in a moment, but first let s hear more from our economics correspondent, andy verity, who has been assessing the impact of the bank s decision. in withernsea on the yorkshire coast, jayne nendick runs the shores community centre, where every day she tries to help people struggling to feed themselves. can i sort a food parcel, please? the community centre gave out 200 food parcels this month, double what they gave out this time last year, and the community pantry sells surplus stock from supermarkets at cheap prices to working people struggling to cope. we have nurses coming in, we have teachers coming in, we have people who do long shifts every day, they are on their knees. please, trust me on this, i m not saying it forfun they are on their knees. a pensioner who came here to enjoy retirement, lucy, already switched off her heating last winter because she couldn t afford the bills.