5,10,15 quid here. this is catastrophic, really, for me, as i will have no more money in my personal income to do anything. this wipes out my spare money. we ll have nothing left. this is no short term price shock, according to the uk s biggest energy supplier, who says an international scramble for gas means higher prices are here to stay. i can t say that this will be done in six months or nine months, in a year. i can simply look at what the market says at the moment, and the market suggests the high gas prices will be here for the next 18 months to two years. he says customers are rightly concerned, and something must be done to protect them. when i talk to our customers and i hear how distressed they are at the increase in prices that are coming, then i think it s inconceivable that we don t do something to help those people. and when he says we , he, like other providers, is looking mainly at the government.
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this is no short term price shock, according to the uk s biggest energy supplier, who says an international scramble for gas means higher prices are here to stay. i can t say that this will be done in six months or nine months, in a year. i can simply look at what the market says at the moment, and the market suggests the high gas prices will be here for the next 18 months to two years. he says customers are rightly concerned, and something must be done to protect them. when i talk to our customers and i hear how distressed they are at the increase in prices that are coming, then i think it s inconceivable that we don t do something to help those people. and when he says we , he, like other providers, is looking mainly at the government. options for the treasury include scrapping vat of 5% on energy bills. that will be worth about £100 a year. quick, easy, but blunt.
against him can proceed. ms giuffre claims the prince sexually abused her on three occasions. prince andrew has consistently denied the allegations against him. he is effectively a dead man walking as far as the royal family is concerned. the monday and he can do is to accept the responsibility, accept the blame, except that he has to fall on his sward. russia and nato hold their first face to face talks in two years, as tensions remain high over the build up of russian troops on the border with ukraine. and soaring energy costs could affect household bills for the next two years warns the boss of the uk s biggest energy supplier. back to our main story now and for the first time borisjohnson has admitted attending a drinks event in the garden of downing street during the first lockdown of the pandemic. speaking at prime minister s questions, mrjohnson apologised and acknowledged there were things
hill recently for their extensive market power. the energy crisis which threatens the living standards of millions of households could last up to two years according to the boss of the uk s biggest energy supplier. chris 0 shea, chief executive of british gas owner centrica, told the bbc that abolishing vat and moving green levies to general taxation is the quickest way the government can help soften the blow. he s been speaking to our business editor simonjack. when i d talk to our customers and i hear how distressed they are at the increase in prices that are coming, then i think it s inconceivable that we don t do something to help those people, but it has to be targeted at those people, can t be targeted at energy companies, it has to be for the customers can least afford the increases that are coming. and increases that are coming. and what is the