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Motorway speed limit reduction and Sunday driving ban to tackle reliance on oil suggested
Motorway speed limit reduction and Sunday driving ban to tackle reliance on oil suggested Included in the plan is a ban on driving cars in cities every Sunday, as well as a suggestion to cut speed limits on motorways by 6mph (PA) Reducing the speed limit on motorways and banning Sunday driving are ideas suggested to cut Britain’s […]
Norwegian Strikes Could Sever NatGas Supplies To UK
Norwegian Strikes Could Sever NatGas Supplies To UK The European energy crunch is set to worsen this week after Norwegian offshore oil and gas workers went on strike, threatening to sever the Scandinavian country’s energy supplies to the UK and Europe, according to Reuters. As much as 1,117,000 barrels of oil equivalent, or 56% of daily […]
Record UK Gasoline Prices See Biggest Daily Surge In 17 Years
Record UK Gasoline Prices See Biggest Daily Surge In 17 Years UK gasoline prices continue to set records, with the daily price jump between Monday and Tuesday at its highest in 17 years, RAC, the UK’s longest-serving motoring organization, says. “The average price of petrol endured its biggest daily jump in 17 years by going […]
Six Million Britons Could Face Power Rationing If Russia Cuts Supplies
Six Million Britons Could Face Power Rationing If Russia Cuts Supplies Millions of UK households could face a treacherous winter riddled with power blackouts if Russian natural gas supplies to Europe stop, according to The Times, citing a government report. Officials from Whitehall have drawn up a “reasonable” worst-case scenario, outlining widespread natgas shortages are possible […]
This time really is different
This time really is different The UK may have avoided a technical recession – two successive quarters of negative growth – in the first half of 2022, but a year from now this will be of little comfort. This is because – despite the protestations of the US Bidon administration – the downturn in economic […]
UK Households Struggle As Inflation Hits 30-Year High, New Taxes Kick In
UK Households Struggle As Inflation Hits 30-Year High, New Taxes Kick In Millions of Britons who previously found themselves financially ‘comfortable’ are feeling the heat over accelerating inflation, record energy bills, and tax increases which kick in this year. A food bank for military veterans in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. The Food Foundation survey found that 16% of people surveyed […]
Largest UK Supermarket Warns “Worst Has Yet To Come” Amid Food Inflation Crisis
Largest UK Supermarket Warns “Worst Has Yet To Come” Amid Food Inflation Crisis Britain’s largest supermarket chain warned “the worst is yet to come” on food inflation as the cost-of-living crisis pulverizes the working poor. John Allan, chairman of Tesco Plc, told the BBC’s Sunday Morning Live that low-income households have difficulty choosing between food and heat this winter. […]
What Has Been Asserted Without Evidence May Be Dismissed Without Evidence
What Has Been Asserted Without Evidence May Be Dismissed Without Evidence Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ We’re being bashed in the face with western propaganda about the Ukraine situation with increasing forcefulness. Every day now we’re seeing things like “analysts” claiming Putin definitely wants a large-scale war, very familiar-looking puff pieces about Ukrainian guerrilla […]
The U.K. is two months away from a brutal cost-of-living crisis
The U.K. is two months away from a brutal cost-of-living crisis Soaring inflation is causing headaches around the world, but in Britain the squeeze is coming from all sides Commuters walk over London Bridge during the morning rush hour in central London. Britain’s acute cost-of-living crunch will hit in April. PHOTO BY DANIEL LEAL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES […]
UK energy crisis is a fossil fuel crisis – and gas is the villain
UK energy crisis is a fossil fuel crisis – and gas is the villain New analysis by energy think tank Ember reveals that the skyrocketing price of fossil gas was responsible for 85% of the increase in UK wholesale electricity prices in 2021. In just one year, wholesale electricity prices quadrupled and it became almost five […]
UK Threatens Russia With ‘High Impact’ Sanctions Over Ukraine
UK Threatens Russia With ‘High Impact’ Sanctions Over Ukraine NATO foreign ministers are meeting Friday to discuss Ukraine On Thursday, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned Russia that the UK is working on “high impact” sanctions Western powers could implement over allegations that Moscow is plotting to invade Ukraine. “The UK is working with our partners on these […]
The UK energy rationing plan
The UK energy rationing plan The establishment media are suspiciously silent about the energy crunch facing Europe in general and the UK in particular. In October, when the wholesale gas price spiked at 400 percent above its January 2021 level, energy prices were headline news. So too was the sight of energy supply companies falling […]
Entice and Orbit become latest energy firms to go bust
Entice and Orbit become latest energy firms to go bust IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Two more energy suppliers have gone bust amid the surge in gas prices, the regulator Ofgem has said. Entice Energy and Orbit Energy, which have about 5,400 and 65,000 customers respectively, ceased trading on Wednesday. The two firms are the latest companies […]
UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose
UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose In October 2021 Sustain, the UK-based alliance working for food and farming system change, published ‘Beyond the farmgate – Unlocking the path to farmer-focused supply chains and climate-friendly, agroecological food systems’. The report explores the results of a survey of 500 farmers in England and Wales, with […]
Zog Energy becomes 25th UK supplier to go bust in three months
Zog Energy becomes 25th UK supplier to go bust in three months Company, which supplied gas to about 11,700 households, is another victim of record market prices Zog Energy was founded in 2012 with a plan to offer households simple, affordable gas tariffs. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images Another of the UK’s small energy companies has […]
