Record energy bill price hikes are pushing more members of the public to refuse paying their bills.

What does the UK’s ‘Don’t Pay’ energy movement do and how does it work?

This winter, millions of British citizens won’t be able to afford food or bills.

Households have been losing income whilst prices have been rising, partly as a result of the Ukraine crisis and economic uncertainty as a result of Covid-19. National Energy Action estimates 11,400 winter deaths are already caused by cold temperatures every year. By the end of 2022 this number may be much higher.

6.3 million households won’t be able to afford their energy bills. Rates of self-disconnection are up eight -fold, with at least 3600 cases between January and May this year already.

If the government fails to intervene and the energy companies do not reduce prices, a record-breaking number of British citizens will freeze to death in their homes.

Don’t Pay UK is a vehicle for mass non-payment strikes that hopes to prevent this price hike on energy bills. They aim to persuade at least a million people to not pay their energy bills unless the bills are reduced by 1st October 2022.