'I鈥檝e not had my heating on once over winter'
Lee lives in a flat in the CHIPS building in Manchester. Tenants here are either moving out or living without heating due to fear of sky-high energy bills.
鈥淥n paper, mine [bills] have doubled, despite my usage remaining the same.鈥�
Their previous supplier CNG Energy went bust in November and their new supplier, Pozitive Energy, was appointed by the regulator OfGem, without input from the tenants.
When the December bills arrived, just days before Christmas, they were triple, or even quadruple, previous amounts.
Lee spoke to 5 Live鈥檚 Nihal Arthanayake about the toll it鈥檚 taking on his mental health and day-to-day wellbeing.
鈥淚鈥檝e been sat in extra layers鈥t鈥檚 making me miserable, snappy, with my tenancy, there鈥檚 not really much I can do about it.鈥�
This clip is originally from Nihal Arthanayake on 11 January 2022.
