there is something very, very, very wrong in the system... ๐ก
So โฆ let me get this straight:
* British Gas made a profit of ยฃ1.3bn between January & June
* BP announced profits of ยฃ6.95 billion between April and June alone
* Shell has profited by ยฃ9.4bn in a year
The MEN at the top:
* John Pettigrew, boss of National Grid received ยฃ6.5m bonus on top of his salary
* Chris OโShea, chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica was paid almost ยฃ2m last year in salary and benefits
* Centrica's non-executive directors were paid almost ยฃ1m
* Scottish Power's CEO Keith Anderson is on ยฃ1.15m.
* E.On boss Michael Lewis is on ยฃ1m
* EDF's Simone Rossi is also on ยฃ1m
* And their top execs enjoyed a share of ยฃ4.65m
* Peter Simpson of Anglian Water earned a ยฃ1.3m pay package
* Welsh Water bosses awarded themselves bonuses of over ยฃ930,000
* Severn Trent bosses awarded themselves bonuses of ยฃ5.56m
* Thames Water's Sarah Bentley, received a ยฃ727,000 bonus on top of her ยฃ2m annual salary
Meanwhile there are...
* People who haven't had breakfast and/or lunch TODAY, because they can't afford it.
* People using FoodBanks because food is becoming more of a luxury than a necessity.
* Children celebrating a birthday without presents.
* Parents worrying about new school uniforms - and some schools enforcing rules which are not cost-effective.
* People who can't get to work because they can't afford to put petrol in their cars/pay for public transport anymore.
* People who are working so much they're making themselves ill, and they STILL CAN'T AFFORD to pay their bills.
* People who have been given fines by these same energy/water companies because they couldn't afford to pay their bills in the first place - increasing their debt.
* Customers being told to do STAR JUMPS TO KEEP WARM for crying out loud!
* Hose pipe bans when gallons of water leak away everyday.
* Elderly people NOT DRINKING because they're worried about running out of water!!!
All this and energy prices are set to rise up to 75% in October...
THIS IS MADNESS!.. I'm all for supporting profits โฆ I'm not for supporting greed at the cost of lives of others.
Something needs to change.
Why is customers' money being used to make life more comfortable for those who are making life more intolerable for the rest of us?
I actually don't understand how the energy companies are allowed to get away with this and why the government aren't stopping them instead of handing out money.
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