Trus eṇjibil frīz brñz litl ćir t struġlñ hǎsholdz
(Transcription into Ñspel of an article published in the Guardian on 8 September 2022)
Fîv Gardịn rīdrz gv ɖer vrdict on ɖ s’portpacij n ẃr it līvz ɖm ɖs wintr
Jedidajah Otte n Alfi Pacm, Ʈrzde 8 Sptmbr 2022
Liz Trus hz anǎnst ɖt eṇjibilz fr ɖ tipicl hǎshold in Gret Britn wl b frozn at £2,500 a yir untl 2024, sūṗsidñ Ofgem’z prîscap ɖt wz s’pozd t rîz t £3,549 fr ɖ aṿrij hom on 1 Octobr.
Ɖ ny prîm̦inistr sz ɖ meźr, az part v a taxpeyr-fundd £150bn s’portpacij, wl sev ɖ tipicl hǎshold £1,000 a yir. On top v ɖs ɖe wl gt £400 of bilz, promist rlịr ɖs yir.
Hir, fîv ppl in difṛnt srcmstansz fṛm acrs ɖ cuntri gv ɖer vrdict on ɖ s’portpacij n ẃr it wl līv ɖm ɖs wintr.
‘W’r gwñ t end p peyñ ol ɖs bac’
Kêli, 36, a sngl muɖr v for ćildṛn fṛm Miltn Cīnz hu wrcs in a hotel, sw no opśn bt t cansl hr d’rect debit fr Octobr, aftr hr eṇjipṛvîdr, Ovo, qotd hr a fixt dyl-fyl ret mor ɖn hr hǎzñcosts.
“F I wontd t g on t ɖ fixt ret in Epril, ɖt wd hv bn £280 a munʈ,” Cêli sd. “Nǎ a fixt ret z £504 a munʈ.” Ś add ɖt īvn ɖ guvnmnt’s ny aṿrij-bil cap wz stl tù hî fr hr.
“Liz Trus z jst enśurñ ɖt ɖ cumṗniz gt t cīp ɖer biłn-pǎnd profits,” Cêli sd. “W’r gwñ t end p peyñ ol ɖs bac. Ɖ onli ʈñ I cn d z jst axpt ɖt I wl b in dét t mî eṇjicumṗni. I c’nt majic muni ǎt v ʈin er.
“I’v olrdi hd convseśnz wɖ ɖ cidz abt, y nǒ, ẃn y cm dǎn in ɖ mornñ, y cn brñ yr dūve in ɖ wintr dǎnsterz, jst so I d’nt hv t nesseṛli hv ɖ hītñ on fr a loñ tîm in ɖ mornñz.”
‘I c’nt mīt ɖ costs v mî cuṛnt eṇjibilz’
Cêt, 60, fṛm Sǎʈamtn, z dsebld n rents a caunslflat. Ś rīsntli stopt peyñ hr ilectriṣtibil, aftr hr d’rect debit wnt fṛm £23 a munʈ t £61.
“Wɖ ɖ rîzñ costs v abṣlutli evrʈñ it’s simpli nt poṣbl fr m t pe a £40 a munʈ incris,” ś sd. “I’m in arirz bcz I simpli c’nt aford ɖs n hv no îdīa ẃt I wl d ẃn ɖ nxt incris cmz arnd. Tde’z anǎnsmnt līvz m nn ɖ wîzr hǎ I wl b afctd az it lacs ol ɖ dītel, n it dz’nt sīm t hv bn costd at ɖs pônt – Lebr’z windfōl tax hd bn.”
Cêt criṭsîzd ɖ lac v dītel on ẃt s’port wz on ofr, seyñ Trus’z ofr wd “bérli tuć ɖ sîdz” ɖs wintr. “I c’nt yz fūdbancs t tîd m ovr az I am on a speśl dayt ẃć ɖe c’nt cetr fr. Trus hz gn fr ɖ poṣbli most xpnsiv, līst tarġtd opśn ɖt w’nt b vri hlpfl fr ppl on beṇfits ɖt r’nt cīpñ p wɖ ɖ cost v livñ.
“I’m lcñ intu dét rlif opśnz nǎ, az I hv no we in hel v mītñ ɖ costs v mî cuṛnt eṇjibilz. I hv no îdīa ẃt t d or hǎ t cǒp.”
‘Ɖs dz’nt g far inuf’
Cén Teilr, 72, a rtîrd seilzprson fṛm Śrbrn in Elmit, Norʈ Yorx́r, tld ɖ Gardịn rlịr ɖs yir ɖt hiz munʈli incm v £1,188, fṛm a stetpnśn n a smōl wrcpnśn, onli left him wɖ £92 aftr peyñ fr isnślz.
“Ɖs [eṇjiprîs s’port] dz’nt g far inuf. I’m olwz runñ ǎt v muni at ɖ end v ɖ munʈ, n I’m nt cnvinst it’s prūvn in eni we ɖt ɖz poḷsiz v Trus wl hlp crb infleśn,” sd Teilr.
“Ś hz capt eṇjicosts at a levl ɖt z tù hî, n it’s gōlñ ɖt ɖ prîm̦inistr prifŕz ordnri ppl lîc m t pe fr ɖs in fyćr yirz, poṣbli wɖ hayr incmtax, rɖr ɖn intṛdys ɖ eṇji windfōl tax I wontd t si. I cd’nt b’liv it ẃn ś rūld it ǎt. Ɖ Tōriz’ yźl we t pe fr ʈñz z t cut public srṿsz, n ɖs z jst anɖr we t ćarj ɖ public.
“In mî eria ɖr r so mni pnśnrz hu r riyli scerd abt ol ɖs. I’m dis’pôntd ɖt ś dz’nt grasp ẃt z haṗnñ t ordnri ppl at ɖ momnt.”
‘Hǎ wl ppl lîc s gt ɖz fundz?’
Trus sd ɖt amñ ɖ meźrz anǎnst wd b an xtra fund t enśur ppl in parchomz n ɖoz hu yzd hītñ ôl wd rsiv “iqivḷnt s’port” wɖ eṇjibilz.
Ema Wŭd, hu livz in a static caṛvan on a sait in Devn alñsd 17 uɖr rezidnts hu r Roma n Ny Travlrz, welcmd Ʈrzde’z s’portpacij bt sd mni qsćnz rmend.
“Ẃn n hǎ wl ppl lîc s gt ɖz fundz? Bilz wl stl b dubl or tripl ẃt ɖe wr bfr ɖs hol crîsis startd. Ǎr gasbotlz r cuṛntli £62 ć. W yz wn v ɖz evri tū wīcs in wintr f w liv frūġli. W hv no îdīa hǎ mć ɖ’l b on 1 Octobr.”
Wŭd tld ɖ Gardịn last munʈ ɖt ś fird misñ ǎt on ɖ guvnmnt’s £400 eṇjibil s’port pemnt fr prîṿt hǎsholdz, ẃć wl stl b intṛdyst undr Trus.
Hr eṇji s’playr, Scotiś Pǎr, hz cnfrmd ɖt onli wn grant wl b aplaid t ɖ sait’s mn mītr, mīnñ 12 hǎsholdz wl hv t śer wn £400 pemnt, instd v axesñ ɖ £4,800 ɖe wd hv bn intîtld t in totl.
“I’m stuc, n wl b raitñ t mî MP agn ɖs afṭnun, n si ẃt h cmz p wɖ,” Wŭd add.
‘I’m plizd a cap hz bn intṛdyst’
Tim Hūpr, 50, fṛm Norḟc, z unimploid n gts hiz eṇji fṛm a prīpemntmītr.
Ẃn ɖ Gardịn spouc t him in Epril, Hūpr xpctd t spend rufli £32 a wīc v hiz munʈli £325 yṇvrsl-credit pemnt on eṇji – olmst 40% v hiz incm aftr hǎzñcosts.
Aftr Trus’z anǎnsmnt, h sd: “Ẃlst I’m vri plizd ɖt a lowr cap hz bn intṛdyst, ɖ riaḷti z ɖoz on yṇvrsl credit wl b peyñ twîs az mć fr eṇji ɖn ɖe dd last yir, at a tîm ẃn ɖ’r £85 wrs of dy t ɖ rmuvl v ɖ uplift.
“Mî groṣri spend z olso rufli 40% mor, dspt sttistics sjstñ infleśn v 10%. I hv trnd of mî hot wōtr, unplugd evrʈñ I’m nt activli yzñ, cmplitli rvîzd hǎ I cc in ordr t icoṇmîz. Ɖ endz jst d’nt mīt eni mor.”
