news bulletin – answers

UK braces for higher green taxes

questions

1. What sort of times are ‘these’? testing times
2. What is happening to the ‘once booming property market’? it’s bucketed (fallen rapidly)
3. How long is it since household budgets ‘felt this strained’? a long time
4. What is Ernst and Young warning of? more pain
5. What is causing ‘this’? the EU renewable energy targets for 2020
6. How much will the energy bill increase by? 20%
7. How much will this be per household? £200 – £220
8. How do most people live (according to the man interviewed)? on credit
9. What do we do ‘all our lives’? pay tax
10. What can no longer ‘be deferred’? tackling the threat of global warming