According to data from the Office for National Statistics, 52% of British households say they now use less electricity and gas for their household needs.
London: Thanasis Gavos
Its effects rising cost of living in Britain reveal new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
To 52% of British households state that they now use less electricity and gas for their household needs.
The increase in household energy costs that occurred in April in the UK was of the order of 54%, after the decision to increase the billing ceiling for a typical energy consumption to an average household at 97 1,971 a year (€ 2,316).
Statistics also show that the percentage of households that have reduced spending on food and basic necessities has risen to 41% from 36% in two weeks.
The new ONS poll was conducted between 25 May and 5 June, following the announcement of a 9% increase in inflation in the UK, which is 40 years old.
In the same survey, 77% of adults say they are very or somewhat worried about the rising cost of living, with 68% saying that they now realize in everyday life that the costs have increased.
At the same time, for another day the price of petrol and diesel records a record high. The average price of unleaded reached 183.16 pence per liter (just over 2.15 euros) and diesel 188.82 pence (almost 2.22 euros).
This means that in one week the average price of petrol has increased by seven pence (8.2 cents per euro) and diesel by four pence (4.7 cents per euro) per liter.
Meanwhile, research on the Saxo Markets investment platform reveals how precision changes British consumer and daily habits.
40% of the 2,013 respondents say they have stopped buying takeaway meals33% that they have stopped buying new clothes and the same percentage that they have stopped going to pubs and restaurants, while 19% admit that they have had to cut some of the meals of the day.
Also, 36% say they have closed home heating13% that they have canceled vacations, 28% that they have withdrawn money from savings, 18% that they have sold personal items, while there is a percentage of 8% of respondents who say that they have stopped taking showers to save money.
Almost one in three respondents (29%) who fall into the lowest income category say that their increased cost of living has affected them “extremely much”, while the corresponding percentage in the higher income category is 9%.
