@Rocking Ros Rose posted:tbh mine has remained the same but will be reassessed in august when I come out of the fixed rate
Oh , you are on a fixed rate …that explains it Ros ….put your hard hat on when it ends then 
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:wow
It is what it is... I just feel sorry for the likes of Pam or people with kids on low wages, pensioners on basic pension, while our MP's can claim for their bills. Not all of them do, but quite a lot does.
@Baz posted:Oh , you are on a fixed rate …that explains it Ros ….put your hard hat on when it ends then
It's going to be a real body blow, I fear 
@Baz posted:
yes -thats all British gas assess our bills for
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:It is what it is... I just feel sorry for the likes of Pam or people with kids on low wages, pensioners on basic pension, while our MP's can claim for their bills. Not all of them do, but quite a lot does.
Yes , I’m lucky that Mr Bs small widows pension tops up my state pension ….but my heating still accounts for more than a quarter of my income …
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:It's going to be a real body blow, I fear
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:It's going to be a real body blow, I fear
yes tbh always been in a fixed rate -another winter of work for me -are you two not in a fixed rate?
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:yes tbh always been in a fixed rate -another winter of work for me -are you two not in a fixed rate?
No, I don’t think they are doing fixed at the moment Ros ….
@Baz posted:Yes , I’m lucky that Mr Bs small widows pension tops up my state pension ….but my heating still accounts for more than a quarter of my income …
and your own work pension bazzy- glad of mine tbh
@Baz posted:No, I don’t think they are doing fixed at the moment Ros ….
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:and your own work pension bazzy-
I don’t have a work pension Ros….
@Baz posted:Yes , I’m lucky that Mr Bs small widows pension tops up my state pension ….but my heating still accounts for more than a quarter of my income …
I have a private pension, although I also have rent...so that's £400 out of that, plus council tax. It takes a good chunk of it, I don't know how people are coping on basic pension, or UC
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:It's going to be a real body blow, I fear
will contact British Gas in the spring to get some idea of what will happen
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:yes tbh always been in a fixed rate -another winter of work for me -are you two not in a fixed rate?
you can't get a fixed rate now Ros
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I have a private pension, although I also have rent...so that's £400 out of that, plus council tax. It takes a good chunk of it, I don't know how people are coping on basic pension, or UC
Thankfully I don’t have rent or a mortgage ……
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:will contact British Gas in the spring to get some idea of what will happen
you will have missed three rises by then...another £500 a year from next April to go on, it's going to be a bit of a shock Ros
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:you can't get a fixed rate now Ros
No, and doubt they will be doing them next year either …cos energy is going up again in the spring
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:you will have missed three rises by then...another £500 a year from next April to go on, it's going to be a bit of a shock Ros
Yep
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I have a private pension, although I also have rent...so that's £400 out of that, plus council tax. It takes a good chunk of it, I don't know how people are coping on basic pension, or UC
yes my PP helps at the moment -I certainly don't earn what I was when I was teaching but enjoy my present work very much-no stress at all
@Baz posted:
I was determined to pack in work this winter, I'm going to have to hang on and hope things settle down or the useless feckers help people more.
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:yes my PP helps at the moment -I certainly don't earn what I was when I was teaching but enjoy my present work very much-no stress at all
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I was determined to pack in work this winter, I'm going to have to hang on and hope things settle down or the useless feckers help people more.
@Baz posted:Yep
oh well-will cope somehow-another year of full time work -will contact BG in the spring to get an angle on it
@Baz posted:She’s weird
isn't she just..I wish she would shut up
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I was determined to pack in work this winter, I'm going to have to hang on and hope things settle down or the useless feckers help people more.
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:isn't she just..I wish she would shut up
Yes
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:you can't get a fixed rate now Ros
oh well-will have to get on with it like everybody else
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:oh well-will have to get on with it like everybody else
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:oh well-will have to get on with it like everybody else
lubbs giraffes-my fave at chester zoo
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
less money to eat out etc
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:lubbs giraffes-my fave at chester zoo
@Baz posted:They saw off the kudu
aww so sweet
@Baz posted:
saw the new baby one in the summer
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:
yep, we've all tightened our belts