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O2 price rise feels like a mockery of Ofcom’s consumer protection!
O2 has announced that from April 2026, mobile customers will see their monthly bills rise by MORE THAN IT TOLD THEM, £30 a year – up 40% from the £21.60 annual increase previously written into their contracts. Full help to beat it here, you need act quick... moneysavingexpert.com/news/2…
Here is my press statement on this debacle...
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This move feels to me a bit like it makes a mockery of @Ofcom's new 'pounds and pence' consumer protection regime, which came in at the start of this year. It was the regulator's solution to hideous above-inflation, mid-contract price hikes was that on sign-up firms should tell you in advance, in pounds and pence, the price hikes you'll face during the contract period.
Sky has side-stepped this from the start by saying it wouldn't tell customers of the rises before they sign up, but instead when it does annual price hikes it will allow them to leave penalty free.
Now O2 is also dancing away, increasing contracts by more than it said it would when people signed up. And while that means all its impacted mobile customers can leave penalty-free – and many should – we know few will. Most will likely just have to suck up a rise that was more than they were told when they signed up.
The worry is now O2 has opened the door to this behaviour other mobile firms will feel less worried about following suit. It's a great regret that when Ofcom consulted on these changes it didn't listen to the proposal I and others made to simply ban above-inflation, mid-contract price rises (or any mid-contract rises).
And it's worth noting the rises O2 had told customers of in advance were already usually far above inflation, but now will typically be at least 7% and up to 30%. And all this adds more inflationary pressure to the economy in its own right.
billZ retweeted
Promise made, promise delivered. Labour’s transformational Renters’ Rights Bill has received Royal Assent, meaning it is now law.
Proud to have introduced legislation to improve the lives of millions of renters across the country with the protections and security they deserve.
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The problem with you people is that the truth is bonkers and equality is oppression. Good ☕️
If White people EVER experienced racism even ONCE they would’ve ended it a long time ago 🤌🏾
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White people do NOT experience racism at ANY structural or systemic level of society. White race created racism for the benefit of White people to deny Black & Brown people an equal value of life & liberty. Caucacity of claiming a false equivalence of racial oppression is Whiteness personified ☕️
You’re a barefaced liar @RupertLowe10
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You are an owned gofer who is doing this because your Cult masters tell you to do so. Unchecked immigration was massively instigated by Tony Blair who just happens to be your handler demanding ID cards for the Cult that also owns him. You got total power with a third of the vote and you talk about 'democracy'? You are both little boys in the playground doing the bidding of the bully. 'Please, sir, did I do good, sir? Oh, thank-you sir.'
The question is - are British people going to unite against the bully that owns you. Or take the knee to him? The children and grandchildren await that decision.
I know you're worried about the level of illegal migration into this country.
Digital ID is another measure to make it tougher to work illegally here, making our borders more secure.
Ours is a fairer Britain, built on change, not division.
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For British and Irish citizens, this is a passport or birth certificate. For non-citizens, this is a government provided share code, or immigration documents.
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GRENFELL: UNCOVERED, a feature-length documentary about the fire and loss of life at Grenfell Tower, is now playing.
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I’m fully leaving the UK on March 31st.
The tax year begins on April 1st, I’ll no longer be a UK tax resident, I’ll get to pay ZERO income tax.
And to be frank, the UK has gone to shit.
Why should I continue to waste my hard earned money by paying 45% of it to a government that hates white christians?
Especially when the UK is crime ridden, immigrant ridden, polluted, now architecturally ugly, depressing in winter, relatively expensive, cold year round, overall depressing, seemingly on the verge of civil war etc?
What’s the good deal in England for anyone who has options?
What business owners look at England and go “yeah this is where I want to live”.
Quite honestly, for me, the defining factor is the migrants.
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Dillian Whyte and Joe Joyce are reportedly finalizing a deal for a fight on April 5th in Manchester, England. The heavyweight clash will headline Queensberry’s first official show with DAZN. [According to @everythingboxi2]
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‼️HEAVYWEIGHT DOUBLE HEADER TO BE ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY💥🥊
1️⃣Joe Joyce vs Dillian Whyte
2️⃣Richard Riakphore vs Lawrence Okolie
How do you feel about Riakphore moving to Heavyweight? 🤔
billZ retweeted
Lose his licence 😂catch a grip of yourself you fucking weapon
He’s driving a van full of cash and you want him parking up 300 meters from his next collection to walk through this city with a load of cash with all the scum in this city waiting to do him in. Go round, not hard
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Looking ahead to winter is frightening.
I’ve met pensioners who have no idea how they’ll heat their homes. Parents who will have to skip meals so their kids can eat.
The Tories are too busy fighting each other to notice.
Labour has a plan that meets the scale of this crisis.
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What changed, @Keir_Starmer?
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Yooo @TRobinsonNewEra he’s not having it mate 🤷🏿♂️ @TALAPATON
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They are lying to you all . Attempting to turn the nation against me , I need you, you are my voice
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Amount of people saying “Stay & fight”, like this is some war movie. You cant fight. You cant even protest without being called racist.
& Fight who? How? The whole country is fucked, the water companies robbed us & dumped shit in the water, you can’t swim anywhere you’ll get ill & die. The country is literally a shit hole.
The councils are bankrupt & cant even fix a pot hole & charge you council tax for the privilege of doing fuck all while robbing you.
Moneys taxed, cars taxed, petrols taxed, booze, food EVERYTHING is taxed, then if you manage to save enough money after its been taxed to buy a house you get taxed on that, then if you die and pass it to your kids that gets taxed. They literally want everything from the working man while they hide their money. Its a con, we are being conned.
& We are about to get taxed even more.
NHS is fucked. Cost of living fucked. Interest rates are fucked, & we got years of it getting worse before it gets better.
Londons a hell hole & unsafe after dark. I hate it.
The men think they are women, kids are encouraged to think about their sexuality & gender.
Our soldiers are getting stabbed.
Our police are pussies & the ones that aint get fired.
& that aint even getting started on illegal immigration, thats getting worse.
If my country ever needed me to actually fight id be there, 100%, but i ain’t gambling the lifes of my three daughters in the mean time, & even if they did survive growing up here for what? To live in a shit hole full of fucking wierdo’s. No thanks.
Where would i go? Somewhere with a backbone, a bit of sun & with less risk of your kids getting murderd, like Australia, Russia or fucking North Korea.
I whole heartedly encourage anyone with young kids that have the ability to leave to do so. Todays events in Southport have rocked me to the core, im sat here looking at my daughters feeling sad.
You can still work on trying to get your voice heard while your kids are safe.
I want my kids to live not survive.
