The rise in inflation was described as a “nightmare” by one pensioner who spoke to Express.co.uk, and another pensioner accused Johnson of “not giving as *** about the poor.” did. This happens when the Bank of England, which predicts the UK will experience double-digit inflation and a 1% reduction in economic size later this year, will fight rising living costs. Inflation reached 9% in May. This is the highest level in 40 years. And in April, millions of people saw an unprecedented £ 700 annual increase in energy costs.
When he told Express.co.uk about the impact of rising prices, pensioner Kathleen Everidge, 78, said the situation was a “bleeding nightmare.”
She explained: “Everything went up, your toothpaste, all the necessities and stuff like that.
“I’m alone. All rents are rising. Trying to sort it out is an absolute nightmare.
“It’s so stressful … you can’t go anywhere. They wear us here.”
Ms. Everidge, who lives in London’s Jubilee Walk, described the government’s benefit system as “complete b *** s up,” adding:
“It makes me nervous.”
Sharon Belhimi, 58, from Cricklewood, told Express.co.uk that she couldn’t afford to heat up and was forced to wrap her in a blanket during the winter to prevent her arthritis from getting worse. Told.
She said: “Everything is up, I can’t afford it. It makes me go out more because I have to go looking for something cheaper.
“I have arthritis on my body and need to wrap it in a quilt or something in the winter.
“That’s not enough. [Boris Johnson is] No one cares. He doesn’t care because he has money.
“He’s all for the rich and doesn’t give *** for the poor. He doesn’t give monkeys, and it’s always been like a conservative.”
“That’s not enough. [Boris Johnson is] No one cares. He doesn’t care because he has money. He is all for the rich and does not give *** for the poor. He doesn’t give monkeys, and it was conservative and always so. “
“No matter who takes over, it will be very difficult. The Tories will leave them nothing.”
But another pensioner, Josephine, objected, saying, “All politicians are the same.”
The 81-year-old woman claimed that the British people were “well after the war.”
She tells Express.co.uk:
“I don’t know how much they expect us to pay for gas and electricity. That’s ridiculous.
“Food prices-we are in the store every day and something is going up.
“The problem is that I came here in the 1960s and it’s been much better after the war. It looks like I’ve just run out of money, but for those who should have it, I don’t get anything. Hmm. I don’t know what they are doing with that money. “
She added, “I don’t trust him as long as I can throw Boris Johnson. I don’t trust him at all. But all the politicians are the same.
“They don’t care about you. They only want your money.
“They don’t ask,’Do you have enough?’, They just receive it. So I just can’t understand.”
Maebis, another pensioner living in Cricklewood, added, “I don’t trust the government. They’re all the same.”
She said: “It’s very, very difficult.
“Every day you go to the store and everything is rising high in the sky.
“I don’t trust any of them, they’re all the same-when they take power, they all pretend they care about society, but they’re all they can get I’m just there for that. “
Pensions rose only 3.1% this year, which was much lower than inflation at the time.
But earlier this week, Downing Street confirmed that state pensions would rise by double digits to protect pensioners from inflation.
Regarding the planned rise, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said:[Pensioners] It is particularly vulnerable and is disproportionately affected by the increased energy costs that everyone knows are facing. “
Express.co.uk is asking Boris Johnson for comment.