🚨 Day of Action: 1 October #dontpayuk

Our already record-high energy bills are rising yet again and will continue to be unaffordable for millions of us. Under Truss's 'energy price guarantee', the average bill will rise to £2,500 per year — 96% higher than last winter. 🧵 \1 We need to keep up the pressure.

Don't Pay is calling for a national day of action on Saturday 1st October - let's get out on the streets in our communities and keep building the strike! \2

Don't Pay is a grassroots movement demanding a fair price for energy for everyone. This is what we're striking for #dontpayuk

🧵 \1 1️⃣ Reverse the energy price cap to April 2021 level

The energy price cap at 2021 levels was unaffordable for millions already, but this demand is to respond to the immediate emergency. We have demands to bring prices down further and on a sustainable basis. \2

🚨 Don't Pay Groups

Over 31,000 of you have joined as organisers and over 4,000 of you have joined around 180 Don't Pay Groups formed off your postcode area e.g. Don't Pay L8 (Liverpool)

Here's how it works \1 🧵 ✍️ Signup as an organiser here dontpay.uk/get-involved

We ask you for the first part of your postcode ONLY \2

🔥 We’re building a mass non-payment strike of energy bills starting on Oct 1st. Join us in building the strike! \1 💰 Energy suppliers will be increasing prices by a whopping 65% on Oct 1, with average prices topping £3,400 a year (triple from 2021). We cannot afford to let this happen, it will push 1 in 3 of us into fuel poverty this winter. \2

According to Chaitanya Kumar of @NEF "a mass refusal to pay energy bills would either force the Government to intervene or prompt energy companies to pressure Ofgem into raising the price cap faster than expected." 🧵 \1 It would only take 6,000 taxpayers withholding energy bills for a “ripple effect” to be felt by energy providers, Mr Kumar said.

“The balance sheets of these companies were already quite poor and could get worse,” he added. \2