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Londra Gazete, 04 August 2022 LondraGazete.com/English 5

Details of £400 energy payment

to households revealed

THE government has an-
nounced how all households in
England, Scotland and Wales will
receive £400 to help with rising
fuel bills this autumn.
The money, part of the Energy
Bill Support Scheme, will be paid
in six instalments.
Households will see a discount
of £66 applied to their energy
bills in October and November,
and £67 a month from December
to March 2023.
Record 17.4m watched will depend on how you pay your
But how the money is received
England win Euro 2022 final bill.
All customers with a domes-
tic electricity meter who pay by
ENGLAND’S Euro 2022 final international tournament since direct debit, either monthly or
win over Germany was watched by the men’s World Cup triumph of quarterly, or by card will see an
a peak BBC One television audi- 1966. automatic deduction off their
ence of 17.4 million, making it the The previous highest peak TV au- bills.
most-watched women’s football dience for women’s football in the Those with “smart” prepayment responsibility to step in where we that the typical domestic custom-
game on UK television. UK was 11.7 million for England’s devices will see an automatic can and this significant £400 dis- er is likely to pay £3,244 a year
from October, then £3,363 a year
count on energy bills we’re pro-
The 2-1 extra-time win is also the World Cup semi-final defeat by the monthly top-up added to their ac-
most-watched programme in the United States in 2019. count, meaning they will have to viding will go some way to help from January.
More than four million house-
add less credit to their meter for millions of families over the cold-
UK so far in 2022. Last year’s Euro 2020 final be- the total energy they use. er months,” said Business Secre- holds use prepayment meters
There were a further 5.9 million But those with older “non- tary Kwasi Kwarteng. in Britain, according to Ofgem.
streams of the game on the BBC tween England and Italy at Wem- smart” prepayment devices will The energy price cap – the Less than half of those meters –
iPlayer and the BBC Sport website bley, which was broadcast on both not get this money automatically. maximum amount suppliers can 1.9 million – are smart devices
and app. the BBC and ITV, peaked at 30.95 Instead, they will receive an en- charge customers in England, that will allow this payment to be
A record crowd of 87,192 watched million viewers with an average of ergy bill discount voucher in the Scotland and Wales – is expected made quickly and easily.
the game at Wembley Stadium. 29.85 million watching. first week of each month, via text, to go up in October. In May, ener- Charities are concerned that for
Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly got That was the highest TV audience email or in the post. Customers gy regulator Ofgem said the typ- the more than two million house-
the goals as the Lionesses gave since the funeral of Diana, Princess will have to redeem these in per- ical household should expect to holds with traditional non-smart
England a first victory in a major of Wales in 1997. son at their usual top-up point, see an £800 increase in October, prepayment devices – often the
such as a local Post Office. to £2,800 a year. most vulnerable and poor in so-
“While no government can con- However, one industry analyst, ciety – this energy help will be
Mortgage affordability test trol global gas prices, we have a Cornwall Insight, has estimated harder to access.
scrapped by Bank of England Met Office: Driest July in England since 1935

day. The mortgage affordability
ENGLAND had its driest July using hosepipes to water gardens least one million people, and
test was introduced in 2014 as since 1935, with parts having the and clean cars. rule-breakers could be hit with a
part of a widescale tightening up least rainfall on record, the Met A hosepipe and sprinkler ban is £1,000 fine.
of the mortgage market to en- Office has said. being imposed on people across Tinder-dry conditions last
sure there were no repeats of the For some parts of the country Kent and Sussex, South East Wa- month sparked wildfires in mul-
mis-selling scandal that partially - south-east and central south- ter has confirmed. tiple parts of England and Wales,
contributed to the 2008 financial ern England - last month was the The firm said it "had no choice” fuelled by a heatwave that saw
crisis. driest July since records began in the measure, which comes into record-breaking temperatures
The rule was put in place to en- 1836. force on 12 August, affects at above 40C.
sure that borrowers did not be- Most of England now has low
MORTGAGE borrowing rules come a threat to the financial sta- river levels, with serious impacts
on farmland, nature and wildlife.
have been eased after the Bank of bility of lenders by taking on debt
England scrapped an affordabili- they subsequently might not be Water companies are warning
ty test. able to repay. that restrictions on household
water use may be introduced.
The “stress test” forced lenders Lenders had to not only work South-east and central southern
to calculate whether potential out if borrowers could afford a England saw an average of just
borrowers would be able to cope mortgage at the rate they were 5.0mm rainfall. England saw an
if interest rates climbed by up to being offered, but also work out average of 23.1mm.
3%. Removing the test may help how they would be affected if in- The UK more widely had
some potential borrowers get terest rates soared by 3%. 46.3mm of rainfall, making it the
loans, such as the self-employed Borrowers who could not 19th lowest total in July since
or freelance workers. prove they could cope with such 1836. When it did rain, it fell
But other rules such as strict an eventuality might have been more in northern areas of the
loan-to-income limits will not turned down for a loan on that country.
The first hosepipe ban this year
make it easier for most people to basis, even if they could easily will come into effect on 5 August
get a mortgage. afford a mortgage at the exist- for Southern Water customers in
The withdrawal of the afforda- ing rate. For that reason the test Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
bility test was announced in June was seen by some as a barrier for It will prevent customers from
but has come into effect on Mon- some borrowers. filling paddling pools, and from