"When I got there there were big crowds of people hovering around the shop and there was this really negative vibe," she said.
The regulator said these charges would typically drop by £19 a year under the July cap for people on variable tariffs or prepayment meters, although they vary sharply by region.The latest changes mean that in July:
The regulator is consider changes to the system of standing charges, although that has brought.Sir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base for £101m a year.
The prime minister said the deal was the only way to maintain the base's long-term future and strengthened the UK's national security.Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but allow the US and UK to continue operating a military base on one of the islands, Diego Garcia, for an initial period of 99 years.
The Conservatives described the deal as "an act of national self-harm", which left the UK "more exposed to China" because of its ties with Mauritius.
The UK signed the agreement after overcoming a last-minute legal challenge brought by two Chagossians."You look up to people that are on the shops, that are selling drugs. They've got a good name for themselves, they've got a big chain, they've got a nice watch.
"You grow up and see it and think it's easy and quick money."She recalled having a gun held to her head in a robbery and said it "took long days and depression" until she realised she could no longer live like that.
"If you go into that life... you can't be alright, it ends one way or another," she said."In comparison to my peers, I've come out, I'm ok, I'm lucky."