It says a lot when the boss of one of the UK’s biggest energy companies admits that people are terrified of how expensive their bills will become this winter. Scottish Power chief executive Keith Anderson said that people are feeling “genuine fear” as energy bills rise “off the charts”.
He’s called on the UK Government to double the support packages it put in place in May – and he’s right to do so. The consequences of doing nothing do not bear thinking about.
People are already struggling to make ends meet. If the energy price cap is raised as planned, then many people will simply decide they can no longer afford heating. It will cause misery, illness and deaths.
