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BIG SIX bosses have “no excuses” not to slash gas bills, campaigners and MPs said yesterday, as the energy barons’ costs dropped to a record low.
Energy markets yesterday showed wholesale gas trading at 37.55p per therm, marking a continued drop from around 70p in December and the lowest rate in nearly four years.
Yet the average household gas bill has rocketed from £676 in 2013 to an estimated £716 this year.
Behind the cute names of Scotland’s road gritters lies a workforce underpaid and overlooked – a fitting reflection of a Budget that protected profits, bungled its rollout and offered hardly a glimmer of hope, writes MATT KERR
Climate justice and workers’ rights movements are uniting to make the rich pay for our transition to a green economy, writes assistant general secretary of PCS JOHN MOLONEY, ahead of a major demonstration on September 20
