Don't Pay UK

Don't Pay UK wani kamfen ne na jama'a kai tsaye a Burtaniya wanda ke buƙatar a hana biyan kuɗin wutar lantarki.   Sun shirya fara rashin biyan kuɗi a ranar 1 ga Oktoba 2022, lokacin da aka shirya cewa farashin mai kula da Ofgem zai tashi, idan mutane miliyan ɗaya suka yi rijista. A wannan ranar, mutane 200,000 sun yi alƙawarin rashin biyan kuɗi, kuma Firayim Minista Liz Truss ta sanya ƙarancin farashin fiye da yadda aka zata, don haka yajin aikin bai ci gaba ba. A ranar 1 ga Disamba 2022, ƙungiyar ta ƙarfafa rashin biyan kuɗi ya fara.

Masu fafutuka 15-20 ne suka kafa kungiyar a watan Yunin 2022. Sun samu kwarin gwiwa daga zanga-zangar kin amincewa da harajin zabe, inda 17Mutane miliyan daya sun ki biyan harajin zaben da Margaret Thatcher ta gabatar, wanda hakan ya sa aka cire shi. Sun yi nufin kungiyoyin yankin su wayar da kan jama'a game da alkawarin ta hanyar takardu. Gwamnati ta ce alkawarin zai haifar da karuwar farashin makamashi cikin sauri da kuma rage darajar bashi ga mahalarta.

Alƙawarin ya taso ne sakamakon ƙaruwar hauhawar farashin makamashi a Burtaniya ta hannun hukumar kula da makamashi ta Ofgem . A watan Afrilun 2022, ƙimar ta karu da £693 a kowace shekara; a wannan farashin, 6.5mutane miliyan ba su iya dumama gidajensu gaba ɗaya ba. An tsara ƙarin farashin makamashi a ranar 1 ga Oktoba 2022, don haka kuɗin makamashi zai kai matsakaicin £2,500 a kowace shekara. Matsayin Gwamnatin Burtaniya shine cewa ƙarin farashi ba makawa ne saboda abubuwan da suka shafi duniya kamar mamayar da Rasha ta yi wa Ukraine a 2022 ; ta yi ikirarin cewa an samu takwasAn bai wa gidaje miliyan daya da ke cikin mawuyacin hali tallafin £1,200. Yaƙin neman zaɓen ya kasance ne kawai a lokacin hunturu na 2022-23; a shekara mai zuwa an maye gurbin wurin da sako da ke tabbatar da hakan. 

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A watan Afrilun 2022, hukumar kula da makamashi ta Burtaniya Ofgem ta ƙara iyaka ga ƙarfin makamashi - matsakaicin adadin da za a iya caji ga gida "na yau da kullun" don iskar gas ko wutar lantarki - da £693 a kowace shekara.  Zuwa wannan lokacin, 6.5mutane miliyan ba su iya dumama gidajensu yadda ya kamata ba.  An sanya Ofgem, lokacin da Don't Pay UK ta fara, don ƙara iyaka da ƙarin £1,800 a kowace shekara a ranar 1 ga Oktoba 2022. Daga nan za a sa ran kuɗaɗen za su kai matsakaicin £3,800 a kowace shekara nan da 2023.   Ƙungiyar End Fuel Poverty Coalition ta kiyasta cewa wannan ƙaruwar za ta bar wasu 2.mutane miliyan ba za su iya biyan isasshen kuɗin dumama ba. 

Adadin mutanen da suka yi magana da Citizens Advice waɗanda ba su iya biyan kuɗin mitar makamashi da aka riga aka biya ba ya ninka sau uku a watan Yulin 2022 fiye da na Yulin 2021, kuma mutane miliyan ɗaya suna cikin bashin biyan kuɗin lantarki ko na iskar gas.   Wani farfesa a Jami'ar Liverpool, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, ya yi tsokaci a watan Agustan 2022 cewa "kusan kowa zai kasance cikin talaucin mai" a ƙarƙashin ƙa'idar da ake amfani da ita: iyali yana biyan fiye da kashi 10% na kuɗin shigarsa akan makamashi.  Sherelle Jacobs na The Daily Telegraph ta yi tsokaci cewa iyalai masu matsakaicin matsayi da masu fansho ba za su iya biyan ƙarin kuɗin makamashi ba.  An sanar da raguwar harajin waɗannan ribar a watan Yulin 2022. Duk da haka, kuɗaɗen makamashi babban abin da ke haifar da matsalar tsadar rayuwa (abin da masu fafutuka suka kira "matsalar kwadayi").  

A halin yanzu, kamfanonin makamashi sun ci gaba da ƙara riba. Misali, ribar Shell ta dala $11.5biliyan (£ 8.4biliyan) a kwata na biyu na 2022 ya ninka adadin a shekarar da ta gabata.  Ribar BP ta £6.9biliyan a wannan lokacin ya ninka na shekarar 2021 sau uku  Centrica, mamallakin British Gas, ta sami ribar £1.3biliyan a rabin farko na 2022, wanda ya ninka ribar da aka samu a rabin farko na 2021 sau biyar 

Gwamnatin Birtaniya ta ce za ta bai wa 'yan wasanta £1,200 domin taimakawa wajen samun makigidaje miliyan daya da suka fi bukata, da kuma fam miliyan 37An dauki matakai na biliyan daya a matsayin jimillar matakan agaji. Duk da haka, ta ce ba za a iya hana hauhawar farashin makamashi ba saboda hauhawar farashin iskar gas a duniya; wani abu da ya haifar da hakan shi ne mamayar da Rasha ta yi wa Ukraine a shekarar 2022. 

An ƙaddamar da kamfen ɗin a tsakiyar watan Yunin 2022, wanda masu fafutuka 15-20 suka fara bayan tattaunawa a watan Afrilun 2022.    Ba a bayyana sunansu ba domin, a cewar ɗaya, ana iya "fahimtar su a matsayin waɗanda ke tunzura mutane su karya kwangiloli".  Wani mai shirya taron ya ce waɗanda suka kafa shi "mutane ne masu son zaman lafiya da kuma na aji waɗanda galibi suna tattaunawa da kuma tsara shirye-shiryen mayar da martani ga abin da muke gani a matsayin cin zarafin tattalin arziki da ake yi wa mutanen da ke aiki". 

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