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Is There a Double Lock on the State Pension?
Global energy prices have been going up n what we've been seeing here in the u k. Is that we're relying more and on wind power. We've havi to look around for other sources of energy at a time when normally energy needs go down in the summer. That's happened around the world, of course. So supplies of gas have been taken by asia, which has pushed prices up again. And so when it comes to household energy bills, off gem sets a price cap on certain tariffs, and that's rising by almost 200 pounds to reflect the high cost of energy. The bank of england uses interest rates as a lever to try and keep down inflation. Their aim
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