Letter to the Prime Minister: Three demands to help victims of cost of living crisis

By The Newsroom
Published 6th Sep 2022, 08:53 BST
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now
As Liz Truss prepares to become the next Prime Minister of the UK, we’re demanding urgent action on the cost of living crisis.

Prime Minister, we need urgent help.

As Liz Truss today (Tuesday 6 September) prepares to meet the Queen at Balmoral after securing the keys to Number 10, we have this stark message for her on behalf of everyone in Glasgow.

We need help - now - to prevent a cost-of-living catastrophe in our city.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Businesses will fold, many people will go cold, hungry or both and some will die unless you, Ms Truss, take radical action immediately.

Spiralling energy prices are already hitting the poorest in Glasgow hardest. It is a scandal that prepayment meters, used by many on low incomes, come with higher energy costs under the price cap. It can’t be right that someone on a prepayment meter is charged more than anyone else to boil a kettle or put on the heating.