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Post by kris on Sept 5, 2022 7:57:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2022 7:59:47 GMT
*** ANYONE READING THIS THREAD SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE TITLE WAS ORIGINALLY "NO SUPPORT FOR BOATERS WITH ENERGY BILLS" ***
Hundreds of thousands? I know its not all boat dwellers but are there really that many people so far out of the system they can't access government financial assistance? |
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Post by kris on Sept 5, 2022 8:00:59 GMT
Not just boaters! People who live off grid. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2022 8:02:17 GMT
I know. I did add to my post.
I still think it's a lot of people. Something wrong there.
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Post by kris on Sept 5, 2022 8:04:00 GMT
I know. I did add to my post. I still think it's a lot of people. Something wrong there. Wrong? In what way? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2022 8:04:00 GMT
Is the Guardian worth reading or is it just a woke bullshit chip wrapper?
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Post by kris on Sept 5, 2022 8:04:38 GMT
Is the Guardian worth reading or is it just a woke bullshit chip wrapper? It tends to be better than the daily mail or the red tops. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2022 8:06:33 GMT
I know. I did add to my post. I still think it's a lot of people. Something wrong there. Wrong? In what way? Where did they get the figures from? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2022 8:08:53 GMT
Google search says around 150,000.
Maybe it is journalistic license to say "hundreds of thousands"
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"An estimated 150,000 people live off grid in the UK, according to community website Off-Grid.net, but most who do opt to live out of campervans, house boats, converted buses, tents and yurts."
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Post by brummieboy on Sept 5, 2022 8:12:57 GMT
Hundreds of thousands? I know it's not all boat dwellers but are there really that many people so far out of the system they can't access government financial assistance? The same number who have the benefit of not having to pay council tax but still get those benefits like police and public cleaning of their environment. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2022 8:14:38 GMT
I pay council tax and have been offered the assistance but I don't need help this winter so not claiming it.
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Post by kris on Sept 5, 2022 8:15:59 GMT
Google search says around 150,000. Maybe it is journalistic license to say "hundreds of thousands" . "An estimated 150,000 people live off grid in the UK, according to community website Off-Grid.net, but most who do opt to live out of campervans, house boats, converted buses, tents and yurts." Definately journalistic liscence. If you read the article it also effects people on caravan parks, who get mains electric. Because they are classed as commercial contracts with numerous users on one site. They don’t get the £400. So that’s probably where the extra hundteads of thousands come in. But I wouldn’t trust google either. |
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Post by kris on Sept 5, 2022 8:16:47 GMT
Hundreds of thousands? I know it's not all boat dwellers but are there really that many people so far out of the system they can't access government financial assistance? The same number who have the benefit of not having to pay council tax but still get those benefits like police and public cleaning of their environment. That’s quite a big assumption, it’s not just about boaters. |
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Post by brummieboy on Sept 5, 2022 8:34:25 GMT
As a's post shows, if you have your head above the parapet you can get your share. Mind you, you'll have to pay it back sooner or later.
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Post by ianali on Sept 5, 2022 8:41:57 GMT
Something will have to be done. Would be good to think we all get an equal share..
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