New research by Ipsos showed high levels of public concern in the UK about the rising cost of living. One in three Brits said they were struggling to afford their energy bills, and this was before the newly-announced 80% price cap hike. According to the study, which was conducted between …
Read More »Britons struggling to pay energy bills – Bloomberg
British households already owe a record £1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) to their energy suppliers ahead of winter, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing price-comparison service Uswitch. Data showed that, as of July, the energy debts were more than double September’s level. Some 6.5 million households owe an average of £206 ($252) …
Read More »Joe Biden paid his son’s bills for prostitutes – media
Data found on Hunter Biden’s laptop reveal that the US president’s son spent over $30,000 on escorts from a “model agency” with offices in Kiev and Moscow, the Washington Examiner reported on Monday. According to the report, Hunter Biden racked up his five-figure bill between November 2018 and March 2019, …
Read More »Asthmatics in UK torn between new inhalers and heating bills – media
The sharp increase in the cost of living in the UK has stretched to national medical services and is causing more British families to fall into the ‘vulnerable’ category, The Independent reports, citing clinicians across the country. Last month, the rate of inflation in the UK rose to 7% – …
Read More »Two more US states pass bills banning biological boys from girls’ sports
State lawmakers in Arizona and Oklahoma have passed legislation that would ban biological boys from participating in girls’ sports, continuing a push by Republican-controlled legislatures to score points with conservative voters as this year’s midterm congressional election approaches. The Arizona and Oklahoma bills both passed on Thursday, clearing the way …
Read More »Poland asks Russia for new discount deal with cheaper gas to slash its energy bills amid shortages & price rises across Europe
On Thursday, PGNiG sent the request to Gazprom, asking it to cut the price of gas exported through the overland Yamal pipeline, despite market volatility and growing demand. According to a statement released on the firm’s website, the country is hoping for a revision in prices “so that the current …
Read More »Paying more for household bills? Blame Russia’s meddling in gas markets, Western commentators say, even if the facts don’t hold up
According to the pundits, consumers are set to pay more for household bills because of foul play from Moscow. Against the backdrop of Europe’s dependence on gas imports, Russia is said to be playing politics at the pumping stations and making energy supplies scarce. Clearly this isn’t just about the …
Read More »US military’s new transgender policy will pay troops’ transition bills – reports
Biden overturned Trump’s ban in January, with a White House statement at the time saying that “gender identity should not be a bar to military service.” Trump announced a ban on new transgender recruits in 2017, citing “tremendous medical costs” and “disruption.” After two years of legal wrangling, the Supreme …
Read More »Outage outrage: Texans see power bills as high as $17,000 after brutal storm pummelled grid & left millions without electricity
As the Texas power grid was battered by a days-long snow and ice storm this week – prompting the state’s utilities manager, ERCOT, to impose rolling blackouts – a major shortage of electricity drove up wholesale costs to astronomical levels. While around 4 million Texans were left in the dark, …
Read More »A third of people in Bulgaria can’t pay heating bills
Millions of Europeans can’t heat their homes in winter. In some cases, for the warmth you have to pay up to 1000 Euro per month. In poor households the situation is aggravated by the quality of the houses. Russian flats residents until cold. However, there is a problem of low …
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