‘Privatisation premium’: billions from UK energy bills paid to shareholders
via theguardian.com
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Analysis reveals sum equal to 24.2% of average bill taken as pre-tax profits by the major energy industries last year, rather than being reinvested UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation – study A quarter of the average UK energy bill was funding corporate profits last year, according to analysis […]