Pay up, then tell ministers to sort the fuel crisis

A campaign is under way to encourage people to go on strike and refuse to pay their sky-rocketing fuel bills. Many are already paying double what they were a year ago. The typical fuel bill is predicted to rise to more than £3,000 in October and could increase yet further to £4,200 in the new year. Don’t Pay UK, a campaign formed by anonymous activists, is urging consumers to halt payments of their energy bills from October 1 unless providers reduce them to “affordable levels”. If pledges of non-payment reach one million by that date, protesters will cancel their direct debits.-- More...