Anaïs Cordoba (correspondent in London), edited by Romain Rouillard 08:11, August 27, 2022
While inflation has exceeded the 10% mark in the United Kingdom, regulated energy prices will increase by 80% from October.
To protest against this price increase, the "Don't pay" movement is considering launching a bill strike.
A demonstration was organized Friday in London.
Anger is brewing across the Channel.
Many Britons are up in arms against this 80% increase in regulated energy prices, announced Friday by the British regulator of the gas and electricity market.
The "Don't pay" movement is considering launching a bill strike in protest as inflation passes the 10% mark in the country.
In the streets of London, "Don't pay" sounds like a rallying cry.
This student decided to come and protest with the movement: "It is an intolerable attack on people who work, on those who are in a situation of poverty, the unemployed. It is an intolerable attack on our living conditions and it is clear that the politicians and the establishment are not going to act. It is up to us to act now", he proclaims at the microphone of Europe 1.
115,000 people supported the movement
Alex, mother of three, has already taken action.
In addition to cutting off the power in her home at certain times of the day, she stopped the direct debit of her electricity bill.
"I go to the bank and pay what I can pay. I don't want companies to take money directly from my account anymore, because it's not fair. They make so much profit, so why do we, ordinary people, should pay for their profits and not just for the price of energy?"
she wonders.
Already 115,000 people have supported the "Don't pay" movement since its appearance last June.