Enough is enough! Energy price caps need a serious rethink, not just tinkering.

Saw young Kev from down the road yesterday, stressed to the eyeballs. He runs that little bakery on the corner, been there ten years, always gets his morning roll from me. Said his electricity bill doubled, nearly put him out of business. He’s got a pizza place too, trying to keep both afloat. It’s the same story I hear every day over the bar – people just can’t afford it.

We’ve had price caps, yeah, but they’re still crippling for small businesses like Kev’s and pubs like mine. You try running a kitchen or keeping the beer cold on these rates. It’s not just about households, the government needs to realise the impact on the actual high street, on the places people rely on for their jobs and their communities. Another pub shut down last month, gone the way of so many others.

My proposal is simple: a tiered system. Households get a decent cap, fair enough.