The big six United kingdom energy suppliers have agreed with the Government to increase their collective expenditure on “social programmes” from the current rate of £50 million a year to at least an additional £100 million next year, and additional £125 million the year after next and to an additional £150 million for the year ended 2010-2011. The increased expenditure on voluntary social programmes will help fuel poverty, and will be divided among the big six according to their market shares. How will this spending help poor people pay their energy bills. (more…)
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