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‘Staggering increase’ to disability energy helpline, Scope tells Channel 4 News - watch now!

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Tori_Scope
Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,503 Disability Gamechanger
edited August 2022 in Disability rights and campaigning
Alison Kerry, who works for Scope, has spoken to Channel 4 News about how the energy bills crisis is affecting disabled people.
For a lot of people it’s simply not possible to turn the power off. There are disabled people being robbed of their independence because they can’t afford to power an electric wheelchair or mobility scooter. The government needs to act right now. They need to prioritise support for disabled people right now.
Watch the report now:

https://youtu.be/hyVt6nxU62I

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How are you being affected by the rising cost of energy bills? 

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  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 4,707 Disability Gamechanger
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    Tori_Scope said:
    What do you think the government should be doing about it?

    They could:
    • Be honest with the public about it
    • Be honest about the causes
    • Put a proper and actual cap on prices
    • Explain why these companies are still recording record profits but allowed to increase prices exponentially and call it a 'cost of living crisis' so people feel it's unavoidable when it isn't
    • Actually help people rather than throwing a few hundred quid at them to keep people happy and distracted and feel like they're being helped when actually the Gov are doing diddly squat :D 
    I won't go on
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  • Jo_2022
    Jo_2022 Community Volunteer Host Posts: 298 Pioneering
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    Thank you @Tori_Scope for this post!!  :)  :)   

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  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,503 Disability Gamechanger
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    Feel free to go on @Biblioklept... you've made some good points there!
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