petrol and diesel rose by 31% to new record highs. electricity bills jumped by 54% and gas bills by 96%. as this chart shows you, you have to go all the way back to march 1982 to find the last time inflation was this high, and although you ve had flare ups in the early 1990s and after the global financial crisis, since then, it has never got into double figures. there is little central banks or governments can do to stop global inflation getting above 10% later this year. the government say that they are going to do anything they can to take action. but economists visiting this grimsby fish market want much greater government action to cushion the blow. there is stuff that the government can do, it s not done enough. and actually for me, the top thing it should be doing is increasing benefits for those
your gas has gone up, your electric has gone up, everything has gone up in your house. your petrol. the global cost of energy is hitting us hard. petrol and diesel rose by 31% to new record highs. electricity bills jumped by 5a% and gas bills by 96%. as this chart shows you, you have to go all the way back to march 1982 to find the last time inflation was this high, and although you ve had flare ups in the early 1990s and after the global financial crisis, since then, it has never got into double figures. there is little central banks or governments can do to stop global price pressures pushing inflation above 10% later this year. government said it is providing significant support where it can and is ready to take further action. but economists visiting this grimsby fish market want much greater government action to cushion the blow. there is stuff that the government can do, it s not done enough. and actually for me, the top thing it should be doing is increasing benefits for those
is hitting us hard. petrol and diesel rose by 31% to new record highs. electricity bills jumped by 5a% and gas bills by 96%. as this chart shows you, you have to go all the way back to march 1982 to find the last time inflation was this high, and although you ve had flare ups in the early 1990s and after the global financial crisis, since then, it has never got into double figures. there is little central banks or governments can do to stop global price pressures pushing inflation above 10% later this year. government said it is providing significant support where it can and is preparing to take further action. but economists visiting this grimsby fish market want much more to be done to cushion the blow. there is stuff that the government can do, it s not done enough. and actually for me, the top thing it should be doing is increasing benefits for those at the low end that are being squeezed.
i think, £335 left in my bank and i need to pay my mortgage. and ijust thought, oh, my god! she used to donate to food banks, and now she s advised to use them, as the energy crisis compounds the aftereffects of the covid pandemic. it s like hustling the hardest you can hustle every day just to get through. tiring? exhausting! totally exhausting, all the time. erm. it s absolutely draining, it s absolutely draining. and, you know, you re not living. you re really not living. high inflation hits everyone but hits lower earners, with a higher proportion of income spent on food and energy, the hardest, doubling the use of these facilities, according to the trussell trust. inflation rates this high, 9% and heading higher, with higher energy costs, have not been seen for a0 years in this country, since march 1982.
is hitting us hard. petrol and diesel rose by 31% to new record highs. electricity bills jumped by 5a% and gas bills by 96%. as this chart shows you, you have to go all the way back to march 1982 to find the last time inflation was this high, and although you ve had flare ups in the early 1990s and after the global financial crisis, since then, it has never got into double figures. there is little central banks or governments can do to stop global price pressures pushing inflation above 10% later this year. government said it is providing significant support where it can and is preparing to take further action. but economists visiting this grimsby fish market want much greater government action to cushion the blow. there is stuff that the government can do, it s not done enough. and actually for me, the top thing it should be doing is increasing benefits for those at the low end that are being squeezed. many families are now making this choice between heating and eating, and some are n