Charlie Weston

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1,990 appearances 20 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2 Sep

Charlie Weston’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Last Word with Matt Cooper · Rising Divorce Rates Leaves People Without Pension Savings · 22 Jul 2026 podcast

You know, we've already seen Electric Ireland in particular putting up prices in July. matched

Now, that was a catch-up because they hadn't put them up in last November, October. matched

So we haven't seen anybody else yet increasing them. matched

But European gas supplies, and gas is the key here because we use so much of it to generate electricity in this country. matched

European gas prices are double the pre-conflict levels, plus gas storage levels are very, very low in Europe because the people who fill these gas storage units were waiting for prices to come down. matched

They haven't come down sufficiently. matched

So that affects the price as well. matched

So that doesn't look good either in terms of electricity costs and natural gas, if you're lucky enough to have natural gas in your home. matched

Not at all, no. matched

You know, and it's very important that people... There was no changes to the credits, for example, the tax credits, the amount you can earn before... matched

you start paying tax. matched

It would easily be, Matt. matched

And all that would be doing would be protecting you from inflation. matched

And that's all. matched

You would be standing still, really. matched

You wouldn't be gaining anything. matched

You know... matched

Governments in this country are currently, what they really, really need to do is index the bans and the credits so that they automatically go up. matched

But then they wouldn't be able to come out and tell you every budget. matched

Oh, we're looking after you. matched

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