And charities are meeting with ministers to discuss the difficult winter ahead. Energy bills will rise again in october, when the price cap increases by 10%. Rachel reeves said she had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances. The conservatives are calling for her to scrap the changes. Our political correspondent iain watson reports. Energy prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing record numbers of people coming to us with energy debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the energy price cap rises. From october, the energy regulator ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10%, and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big energy companies, the regulator, and citizens advice bureau to discuss what more could be don
Cosponsors, supervisors kim,fewer ronen, cohen, and safai. We really need to help our allies at the staff level to help us pass this legislation. I really hope we have a hearing on this and that everyone can be convinced that this is what we need in San Francisco. Thank you supervisor yee. Supervisor breed. And supervisor cohen, you indicated that you were submitting, correct . Yes, that is correct. Supervisor farrell. Last week we had a few Affordable Housing deals coming through our ordinance and we all agreed there were too many questions for the developers to afford. I think supervisor kim for getting this together. In addition the Planning Department staff had paired our supervisors. Our staff in this department provided a Financial Analysis of this but maybe im just used to the budget and finance committee but there is no process to verify these financial deals done for ordinance. I commend our staff to do their best to evaluate the ordinance for fiscal impact but i cant consciou
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