Are you worried about the cost of gas and electricity this winter?

We asked the people of Leeds are you worried about the cost of gas and electricity this winter.

Transcript

00:00 Hello Leeds, Alex Grant here from the Yorkshire Union Post and today I asked the public whether

00:04 they're concerned about the rising gas and electricity bills as the winter months approach.

00:10 So we don't get any benefits or anything, we're just normal people but we don't get

00:15 any extra help even though all our bills have gone up, our mortgages have gone up and things

00:20 so...

00:21 So is there a concern that obviously as winter rolls around you might need to cut back on

00:24 a few things?

00:25 Yeah, we'd have to kind of cut back yeah, like I say everybody's getting these rumoured

00:31 £1000 grant if you're on benefits whereas we're just struggling just as much so yeah.

00:38 Do you have any concerns then about rising gas and electricity?

00:42 Yeah, I mean it's doubled already, my bills have gone up like 130 a month and it's an

00:48 electric only flat so I'm quite worried about it yeah.

00:52 And is there concerns you might have to cut back on certain things?

00:55 Yeah, it's only just started so we've cut back on quite a lot of things, luxuries, food

00:59 items, had to buy home brand stuff, things like that and it's not like it's a bad wage

01:03 either so, you know it's hitting us and we're in like the 50 plus bracket so it's bad.