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Aug 26 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🔴 Ofgem raises energy price cap by 80% to £3,549 from October theguardian.com/money/2022/aug…
These are the forecasts from energy consultancy firm Cornwall Insight about bills next year.
'I am begging and praying and pleading that there is more help'.

Money saving expert #MartinLewis has sent an appeal to the government saying it's vital it intervenes to support millions of people #BBCBreakfast

bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-6…
'In the latest sign of the deepening energy crisis, business owners are struggling to find a supplier in the run-up to the busy October period for renewing gas and electricity contracts, leaving them facing “extortionate” bills or demands for a deposit'.
theguardian.com/business/2022/…

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Aug 4
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Jul 23
🚨NEW: The UK’s new Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, introduced to the House on Monday, represents a ‘bonfire of rights’ in data reforms, say campaigners. 🧵
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Jul 13
🚨 LIVE: Boris Johnson speaks at his first #PMQs since he resigned as Prime Minister.

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Opposition leader @Keir_Starmer remarks on the state of the new cabinet 👇

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Jul 5
🔴 In partnership with @GlobalRepCentre, today we announce the recipients of The Tiny Foundation Fellowships for Investigative Journalism — a talented group of journalists who will be covering stories about big tech and government accountability. Here are our wonderful fellows!✨
Jennifer Ugwa is an independent investigative journalist based in Abuja. @Jennifer_fact’s fellowship will focus on digital loan sharks in Nigeria.
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