With energy bills rising this spring, households are bracing for less and less money. In the fifth-richest country in the world, pensioners skip meals to pay for their heating, and parents only turn on the heat when their children are home. Meanwhile, fossil fuel companies such as BP and Shell made their biggest profits in years.
How do these two things relate to each other? Why are energy bills soaring? What can the government do to ensure heating is affordable for everyone?
We’re no longer a weekly economics podcast because now there are episodes every two weeks. But as always, we’ll be discussing more important economic issues with a variety of interesting voices.for the first episode new The Economics Podcast, Ayeisha joins Dr Joseph Baines, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy at King’s College London, and Abby Jitendra, Citizens Advice Chief Policy Manager for Energy.
- If you are concerned about paying your energy bills, you can contact Citizens Advice on their website.
- To take part in NEF’s transformation of UK cold and airy homes, go to Great Homes upgrade website.
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