Last week the media was a-buzz about a seven per cent reduction in the Ofgem energy price cap. And we all dutifully played the quarterly game of jumping from one price cap to another and responding to the headline narrative each time.

But to be honest I’m getting a bit tired of playing this game.

Because we get caught up in these moments, don’t we? We say what we think of this individual event and then we move on to the next one. Last week it was a new price cap. Last month we were all talking about “April Cruel Day” – the name given to the 1st of April this year as multiple bills all hiked on the same day.  

The devastating relentlessness of increase after increase – where basic everyday living costs are all increasing – means the essentials........

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