According to recent research, high energy bills are the top concern for British families, causing stress, anxiety, and harming mental health and quality of life.

Nearly half of Britons believe the Government has no plan to address the problem or has a plan that is making things worse. 

“The level of concern about energy bills, coupled with the perceived lack of action, is leading to a collapse in confidence in political institutions,” David Turver writes. 

Things have got so bad that the high energy bills are fuelling a revolutionary mood: 43% of people think that political and social institutions should just be left to burn.

High Energy Bills Fuelling Revolutionary Mood

By David Turver, 26 October 2025

Introduction

New research out from More in Common shows that the cost of living is the top concern of British families and high energy bills are the dominant driver of this concern. High energy bills are having a profound impact, seriously harming mental health and quality of life. Nearly half of people believe the Government has no plan, or a plan that is making things actively worse.

Let’s dig into the details of the findings and consider what immediate actions the Government could take to alleviate the pain.

Headline Findings

The report finds that three years of high energy bills have scarred the national mood, making nearly all income groups feel stressed and anxious. High energy bills mean many people feel that no matter how hard they work, they will never be able to get ahead and enjoy a comfortable life.

In a stunning indictment of Ed Miliband’s Net Zero policies and his Clean Power 2030 plan, 60% of people do not believe that energy bills will ever be affordable again. More in Common says that the sense that the Government is standing idly by as people are exploited is feeding anti-system attitudes that are driving voters away from the established parties.

The level of concern is high among people earning just enough to be ineligible for government support. These people will react negatively to policy approaches that focus the burden of high energy bills away from the most vulnerable onto the “just about managing.”

Widespread Concern and Stress

As shown in Figure 1, 73% of households are somewhat or very concerned about energy bills this winter.

The level of concern is most acute in low-income groups, but 57% of households with over income over £100,000 are also concerned about high energy bills. This is leading to increased stress and anxiety, with many having trouble sleeping and putting up with living in a home that is uncomfortably cold.

Many people are also making the connection between high energy bills and the broader economic malaise. High energy bills impact businesses directly, forcing them to push up prices. They also reduce consumer demand because customers have less disposable income to spend.

As shown in Figure 2, concern about energy bills also cuts across party lines.

Reform voters are most worried about energy bills, with 80% somewhat or very concerned. In a superbly ironic twist, nearly three-quarters of Labour and Green voters are concerned about high energy bills this winter. The voters for the parties that have been pushing the “cheap renewables” line most actively are concerned about the impact of their policies.

Britons Resigned to High Energy Prices

As shown in Figure 3, except for Labour voters, people are not sure that energy bills will ever become affordable.

Around two-thirds of Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Reform voters are not sure energy bills will ever become more affordable. Emphasising the earlier point, 62% of green voters also appear to have lost faith in the “cheap renewables” mantra. Even 40% of Labour voters no longer believe Ed Miliband’s promise to reduce bills by £300.

Who is to Blame for High Energy Prices

In a worrying sign for Labour, 75% of people believe the actions of the UK government are somewhat or entirely to blame for high energy bills, as shown in Figure 4.

Energy suppliers and generators also come in for their share of the blame. Many people no longer believe that high energy bills can continue to be blamed on the war in Ukraine.

Many people believe that the Government could take action to reduce energy bills but is actively choosing not to do so. Some Britons were also concerned that the Government is actively making things worse by prioritising the need to decarbonise our energy system.

No Plan to Bring Down Bills Eroding Trust

Figure 5 shows that most people believe the Government is doing too little to bring down energy bills for consumers and businesses. They also have little faith that the Government will bring down the cost of food, water or housing.

In a worrying development, many people believe that the Government could just step in and cap prices, rather than tackle the root causes of high energy bills.

The level of concern about energy bills, coupled with the perceived lack of action, is leading to a collapse in confidence in political institutions.

While 57% believe our political and social institutions are worth preserving and improving, a worrying 43% cannot help thinking “just let them all burn.”

Focus on Cost Reduction

In focus groups run by More in Common, a clear consensus emerged that the Government should focus on bringing down costs for all rather than subsidising the fuel bills of the vulnerable.

This is interesting because most of the evidence given to the recent Parliamentary inquiry into the cost of energy was displacement activity focused on peripheral issues and on the kind of pocket-shifting solutions rejected by the participants in this research.

The research did not cover specific policies that people would favour to bring down costs. However, the Government needs to take drastic action if it is to head off the growing revolutionary mood. We have long covered ideas to cut energy bills and reiterate them here:

If the Government wants to follow the clear wish of the people consulted in the More in Common research, it really needs to tackle the root causes of high energy bills by implementing the following measures.

1. Remove Carbon Costs

As shown in Figure 7, Ember has produced an interesting chart breaking down the fuel costs and carbon costs of gas-fired electricity.

In August, fuel costs were £54.67/MWh and carbon taxes were £25.77/MWh, or 32% of the total wholesale cost. Eliminating carbon costs from the Emissions Trading Scheme (“ETS”) and the Carbon Price Support mechanism would immediately reduce energy bills for both consumers and businesses. It would also have the welcome knock-on effect of reducing the total revenue received by generators funded by Renewables Obligation Certificates (“ROCs”) and might also reduce grid balancing costs.

2. Cut VAT

VAT of 5% is currently added to energy bills. Cutting VAT to zero would immediately reduce energy bills for everyone.

3. Cut Renewables Subsidies

There should be no new subsidies for renewables. This will render most of them uneconomic, and mean we no longer need to fund the planned expansion of the grid.

We should also consider cutting existing subsidies by setting the Renewables Obligation to zero, immediately removing ~£7.5 billion of costs from energy bills. It is probably also time to consider reducing the £2 billion cost of Feed-in-Tariffs (“FiT”) by stopping the annual indexation in line with inflation. FiT payments could be stopped for those who have already received payments in excess of the initial capital cost.

4. Knock on Effects

The reductions in energy bills from the measures outlined above will have important knock-on effects. The Warm Home Discount can be reduced or eliminated for all but the most vulnerable because there will be less need for it. Moreover, the Energy Company Obligation that forces companies to install insulation measures could also be cut because it is of dubious value and there will be less need if energy is cheaper. These measures will cut energy bills for everyone.

Moreover, fewer renewables on the grid means we will not need as much backup from the capacity market and grid balancing costs will stop rising and may even fall.

5. Fix Energy Supply

The Government must also look forward and fix the energy supply. They should lift the ban on North Sea drilling and end the moratorium on fracking so that we can develop more of our own gas resources. Simple supply and demand economics will ensure that an increased gas supply will reduce prices. This will improve our balance of payments, create good, unsubsidised jobs, improve energy security and have a smaller impact on the environment than importing LNG from the US or Qatar.

Conclusions

High energy prices are having a pernicious effect on people, businesses and the wider economy. Voters do not believe the government has a plan to bring down prices, and many believe that plans are actively making things worse. This is breeding a revolutionary mood, with 43% believing that our political institutions should be left to burn.

The Tony Blair Institute now seems aware of the problem and is recommending cutting carbon taxes and slowing down the Clean Power 2030 plan. Even Keir Starmer is rumoured to be considering ditching Miliband’s plans.

They are recognising that we are approaching an extremely dangerous time. They should be implementing the easy measures that would cut energy bills overnight. The Government should eliminate carbon taxes, cut VAT and slash renewables subsidies to bring down energy bills, calm the electorate and set us back on the path to growth and prosperity.

Source: https://expose-news.com/2025/10/30/high-energy-bills-in-the-uk-are-leading-to-a-collapse/

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In a book published in 2022, Dr. Vernon Coleman warned that governments worldwide were introducing “online safety bills” not to protect free speech and internet users as claimed, but actually aimed to censor content and suppress truth-tellers.

By Dr. Vernon Coleman

The following is taken from the book `Social Credit: Nightmare on Your Street’ by Vernon Coleman.

All around the world, governments are introducing what they call “online safety bills.”

These pieces of legislation are promoted, and sold to the public, as though they are designed to protect free speech, to punish trolls, terrorists and mad extremists and to protect internet users from misinformation and disinformation.

In fact, of course, the bills aren’t designed to protect ordinary internet users from abuse, they aren’t going to get rid of anonymous trolls and they won’t stop spamming and all the various frauds which have made the internet a dangerous place for people to explore.

In the UK, the Online Harms Act demands that platforms censor content or face fines and/or jail time. The Government in the UK can already force social media companies to remove anything the State authorities deem unacceptable (it doesn’t have to be untrue for them to consider it unacceptable, just unacceptable). Criticism of vaccines or vaccine programmes is always considered unacceptable.

In the early summer of 2022, the US Department of Homeland Security (which was set up after the events of the 9th of September 2001 – which I described at the time as a false flag event and which no doubt helped set in motion the events which are currently threatening us all) has set up a Disinformation Governance Board to decide what information is truthful and what isn’t. Like most similar organisations, it appears to be very left-wing in bias.

The official line seems to be that free speech is a bad thing and that freethinkers and truth-tellers must be controlled by legislation.

US President Biden ordered the US Surgeon General to tell Big Tech to turn over the details of anyone who has spread misinformation about covid on the internet. I was thrilled when I first heard this. I assumed it meant that the US Surgeon General would be demanding that Big Tech hand over the names of all those mainstream journalists who have been spreading misinformation. But I was wrong, of course. What Biden really meant was that Big Tech had to hand over details of all independent-minded, intelligent, well-informed citizens who’ve told the truth. This is another step in the censorship and demonisation of the truth-tellers.

These bills are designed to do away with freedom of speech, to suppress truth-tellers, to silence anyone questioning the official government line on any subject, to get rid of privacy, to control discussion, to remove debate and to punish platforms and writers who dare to publish anything questioning the Google approved garbage pouring out of drug companies, government advisors, paid and bought for scientists and doctors and crooked politicians. Only communists and other left-wing cultists should welcome this legislation, which is in reality a charter for deceivers and propagandists. The conspirators are creating a world that would shock even Stalin in its lack of humanity.

The above is taken from ‘Social Credit: Nightmare on Your Street’ (first published in June 2022).  For details of the book, please CLICK HERE.

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Ofgem says the main driver of the increase in the energy price cap is the increased cost of switching off wind farms.  Critics argue that the cost of “wasted wind” will only increase.  NESO predicts that balancing costs will rise to almost £4 billion by 2030.

The figures are embarrassing for Ed Miliband, the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, who has promised to cut household bills by £300 a year by 2030.

The following is paraphrased from the article ‘Wind farms to blame for rising energy bills, says Ofgem’ published by The Telegraph on 27 August 2025.

Ofgem has said the energy price cap will increase more than expected, from £1,720 per year to £1,755 in October.  The price cap is usually largely driven up or down based on the wholesale costs of energy, but this time it’s different.

“[Ofgem] said the 2pc rise was driven by the amount of money being spent on switching off wind farms in remote areas when the network is too congested to transport the power to where it is needed,” The Telegraph said.

The cost of switching off windfarms is part of what is known as “balancing costs.”  Balancing costs are the expenses incurred by the National Electricity System Operator (“NESO”) to ensure that electricity supply matches demand in real-time, as electricity cannot be stored economically in large quantities.  This is achieved through the Balancing Mechanism, where the NESO pays generators to increase output or pay them to reduce output when supply exceeds demand.

The October price cap increase will add around £1.23 per month to bills, and is expected to worsen as the UK spends more on switching off wind farms and firing up alternative power sources, such as gas plants.  An estimated £815 million has been spent so far in 2025 switching off wind farms, up by more than a quarter compared to the same period just a year earlier.  And critics argue that the cost of wasted wind will only increase, with NESO predicting the bill to rise to almost £4 billion by 2030, which could rise to as much as £8 billion^[1] if grid upgrades are not delivered on time.

“The numbers are embarrassing for [Ed] Miliband, the Energy Secretary, as he pushes ahead with plans to build more wind and solar farms across the country,” The Telegraph said.

Adding, “On Wednesday, the Government blamed October’s higher bills on the ‘fossil fuel penalty’ being paid by households, with gas prices still above the levels seen before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”

The Conservatives have criticised the Government’s response to the rising energy bills, with the shadow energy secretary, Claire Coutinho, stating that the bill rises are due to balancing costs and rising standing charges, rather than the “fossil fuel penalty” cited by the Government.

The Energy Minister, Michael Shanks, has defended the Government’s mission to transition to clean, homegrown power. But critics argue that this will not address the immediate issue of rising energy bills and that the Government is not interested in cutting bills or telling the truth about the causes of the price increases.

Energy Bill Increases to Coincide with Tax Increases

Ofgem has identified two major factors contributing to the increase in energy bills: balancing costs associated with wind farms, as mentioned above, and a separate levy to fund the Government’s Warm Home Discount scheme, which adds £1.42 per month to the price cap.

The Warm Home Discount scheme, which provides a £150 discount to vulnerable households per year, has been expanded to include an additional 2.7 million households.

The Telegraph quoted Craig Lowrey of Cornwall Insight, who said: “The rise in bills, however small it may look on paper, will feel very real for households as we head into the colder months.

“The increase in costs is in part due to the widely supported expansion of the Warm Home Discount. This will be a lifeline for many of the 2.7 million additional households now eligible for support, but for those still facing high bills, it will offer little comfort.  The reality is, when we give more help to those who need it most, we all end up sharing the cost.”

The rise in energy bills is expected to coincide with the Chancellor’s Budget, in which taxes are likely to be raised, putting further pressure on households that are already struggling with inflation and the cost-of-living crisis.

Experts, including Andy Prendergast, GMB national secretary, and Sam Richards, chief executive of Britain Remade, are warning that any increase in energy prices could have a significant impact on household budgets, particularly for the poorest in society who should not bear the biggest burden for saving the planet.

^[1] Note:

The Telegraph has amended its article by deleting the statement about the potential rise of balancing costs to £8 billion.

“According to the National Energy System Operator, the bill is expected to rise to almost £4bn by 2030 – but could rise to as much as £8bn if grid upgrades are not delivered on time.”—The Telegraph, archived 27 Aug 2025 at 15:10:28 UTC (or 4:10 pm UK time)

“According to the National Energy System Operator, the bill is expected to rise to almost £4bn by 2030.”—The Telegraph, current version as of 28 August 2025.

Featured image: Wind turbines messing up our oceans and harming the life they support.  Taken from an article to promote the proliferation of these monstrosities: ‘How the UK’s Offshore Wind Projects Pave the Way to Net Zero’ published by Global Energy Talent Index on 6 July 2021

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