Media reports suggest that the Conservative Party will formally join Reform in pushing for more oil and gas extraction from the North Sea. A spokesperson for the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, commented: “The reality is that of all the gas estimated to have been in the North Sea basin, just 14% remains commercially viable according … Continue reading "Politicians must face the geological reality of the North Sea" The post Politicians must face the geological reality of the North Sea appeared...| End Fuel Poverty Coalition
From 1 January, the EU will introduce its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), charging for the carbon embedded in imported goods. Without a UK–EU agreement to link their Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS), media reports suggest that this could mean higher costs for UK exporters and, indirectly, higher energy bills — as carbon prices feed into … Continue reading "EU links must help bring down bills" The post EU links must help bring down bills appeared first on End Fuel Poverty Coali...| End Fuel Poverty Coalition
Ofgem has announced that the average household’s energy bill will rise by 2.03% to £1,755 a year from 1 October 2025. This represents a 2.21% year on year rise and means average energy bills will be 68.43% (£713) a year higher than in winter 2020/21. A spokesperson for the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, commented: “Among … Continue reading "Ofgem announces increase in energy bills" The post Ofgem announces increase in energy bills appeared first on End Fuel Poverty Coalition.| End Fuel Poverty Coalition
Eligible households must be named on their electricity bill by Sunday 24 August to receive the £150 Warm Home Discount automatically. Over 6 million households – including 900,000 more families with children – will benefit this year after the Government removed restrictions that previously excluded many. Eligible individuals may not be named if they’ve recently … Continue reading "£150 energy bill discount: 24 August deadline approaching" The post £150 energy bill discount: 24 Augu...| End Fuel Poverty Coalition
Ofgem is expected to confirm that the unit cost of gas will fall slightly this autumn, but in winter 2020/21, households were paying just 3.5p per unit for gas. Today, the unit price is 6.33p – almost double – and it’s expected to fall only slightly this autumn. A spokesperson for the End Fuel Poverty … Continue reading "Why aren’t energy bills falling?" The post Why aren’t energy bills falling? appeared first on End Fuel Poverty Coalition.| End Fuel Poverty Coalition
Ofgem has announced that consumers will see greater levels of compensation in the event of smart meter failures. A spokesperson for the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, commented: “We must ensure that electricity pricing is fair and that everyone can access cheaper ‘time of use’ tariffs. Millions of people have been left behind in the smart … Continue reading "Smart meters must work for all consumers" The post Smart meters must work for all consumers appeared first on End Fuel Poverty Coal...| End Fuel Poverty Coalition
The latest analyst forecasts for the Ofgem price cap predict a 1% increase in energy bills from 1 October 2025. This removes some of the reduction in bills seen in July 2025. It means energy bills are 67% higher than in winter 2020/21 and predicted to be £20 more expensive than last winter. A spokesperson … Continue reading "Energy bills set to rise as UK faces fifth winter of crisis" The post Energy bills set to rise as UK faces fifth winter of crisis appeared first on End Fuel Poverty Co...| End Fuel Poverty Coalition
The End Fuel Poverty Coalition is a broad alliance of over 100 anti-poverty, health, housing, climate and consumer organisations working to eliminate fuel poverty in the UK. This Substack shares our reactions to news stories, government decisions, energy company developments, and more. We connect the dots between policy, politics, and the lives of people struggling … Continue reading "Welcome to the End Fuel Poverty Coalition Substack" The post Welcome to the End Fuel Poverty Coalition Subs...| End Fuel Poverty Coalition
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This piece appears in print in Salvage 14: Shrouded in Darkness. Issue 14 is available to buy individually here. Our poetry, fiction and art remains exclusive to the print edition, and our subscribers have exclusive access to some online content, including all audio content. New subscriptions can be taken out here, and start with the […] The post The Cult of the Cold Plunge appeared first on Salvage.| Salvage
I wrote very elliptically about this warning and received some helpful comments with the standard advice about how to proceed when encountering it. Except unfortunately that advice will be of no use when you encounter this warning.| blogs.perl.org
Symbolically, affectively, and materially, the car is a ‘vehicle’ for the far right, channelling apolitical investments in the status quo into reactionary forms of anti-ecological politics. In this conjuncture, the car is a symbol of individual liberty, the nuclear family, and the ‘energy-secure’ nation. In a populist key, the car is ‘the people’. The post The Great Driving Right Show appeared first on Salvage.| Salvage
Based Deleuze is an attempt to use Deleuze’s philosophy to retroactively justify various right-wing opinions, inclinations, and prejudices that Justin and his online audience happen to hold.| mcrumps blog
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That’s a reasonable suggestion, but also feels like it’s missing the point in a way.| blogs.perl.org
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Strictly speaking not news exactly, given that it dates from early 2018, but it was news to me, and since I haven’t seen it make the rounds I still find it worth disseminating. From the MySQL 8.0.11 release notes:| blogs.perl.org
And now we’re trapped. There’s only one friend variable, constantly changing as we go through the loop, with the most likely result one of our friends will get half a dozen messages, while the other five receive nothing, to the annoyance of both groups.| blogs.perl.org