An Ofgem increase of 64 per cent is expected in October
Money-Saving Expert Martin Lewis has revealed that Prince Charles requested a briefing note on the cost of living crisis and how it is affecting his subjects.
While collecting his CBE alongside other celebrities like diver Tom Daley and covid-adviser Sir Chris Whitty, Lewis spoke with the Royal about the country’s dire financial troubles.
Millions of Brits across the UK are grappling with rising energy bills and sky-rocketing inflation, with another Ofgem increase of 64 per cent set for October.
“I would be far happier to have come and got my honour and have a nice fun day and not be talking about this because the world is wonderful but the world isn’t wonderful right now. And I think this is potentially more dangerous to lives than the pandemic,” Martin said whilst at Windsor Castle.
He added: “It is a cataclysmic problem that is going to face the country this winter. I am without embarrassment deliberately, provocatively, raising an alarm right now. And I will do that with everyone. And when you get the ear of the Prince of Wales for a moment like that it seemed the right time to take advantage.”
This is true. I am raising an alarm over catastrophic energy bills this winter and the Prince of Wales did ask me to send him a briefing note on the new scale of the energy bills crisis (which I of course will happily do)… https://t.co/XGIg3Ao5mE
— Martin Lewis (@MartinSLewis) July 12, 2022
After the ceremony, the nation’s sweetheart took to Twitter, where he wrote: “This is true. I am raising an alarm over catastrophic energy bills this winter and the Prince of Wales did ask me to send him a briefing note on the new scale of the energy bills crisis (which I of course will happily do)…”
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