Posts Tagged energy prices
But who is really responsible for high gas prices? You know whEU!
Posted by Nick Cowen in European Union on 31/07/2008
Commuters this morning faced the Metro’s frontpage screamline that British Gas has just put its gas prices up 35 per cent and its electricity prices 9 per cent. At the same time, MPs are calling for a windfall tax on energy profits. The price rises (and profits) are, of course, ridiculous but it would be nice if the news coverage more often dug below the surface of the issue to find out what is driving these rises.
