Cliff
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Privatisation Racket.
20 companies controlling UK supply, production, transmission of energy made operating profits of £514bn in 2020-24.
Profit margins at electricity/gas supply companies up by 363%; electricity generation up by 198%.
They get subsidies too.
More in the linked article.
20 companies controlling UK supply, production, transmission of energy made operating profits of £514bn in 2020-24.
Profit margins at electricity/gas supply companies up by 363%; electricity generation up by 198%.
They get subsidies too.
More in the linked article.
With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership
The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken
leftfootforward.org
April 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Privatisation Racket.
20 companies controlling UK supply, production, transmission of energy made operating profits of £514bn in 2020-24.
Profit margins at electricity/gas supply companies up by 363%; electricity generation up by 198%.
They get subsidies too.
More in the linked article.
20 companies controlling UK supply, production, transmission of energy made operating profits of £514bn in 2020-24.
Profit margins at electricity/gas supply companies up by 363%; electricity generation up by 198%.
They get subsidies too.
More in the linked article.
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Our Labour government has made the largest investment into hospice care in a generation, ensuring people across the country receive the best possible end-of-life care.
Read more here 👉 www.lutontoday.co.uk/community/ra...
Read more here 👉 www.lutontoday.co.uk/community/ra...
Rachel Hopkins MP welcomes biggest investment into hospices and end of life care in a generation
An additional £75 million will be available from April as part of the largest investment in hospices in a generation, with £189,753 allocated to Keech Hospice Care. The funding will modernise faciliti...
www.lutontoday.co.uk
February 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our Labour government has made the largest investment into hospice care in a generation, ensuring people across the country receive the best possible end-of-life care.
Read more here 👉 www.lutontoday.co.uk/community/ra...
Read more here 👉 www.lutontoday.co.uk/community/ra...
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Boss of England’s most polluting water provider United Utilities admits firm ‘isn’t good enough at stopping sewage dumping’.
Dumped sewage for 3.6m hours. CEO got £1.4m pay.
Company has 205 criminal convictions, allowed to hike bills by 32%.
Must remove profit motive. Nationalise.
Dumped sewage for 3.6m hours. CEO got £1.4m pay.
Company has 205 criminal convictions, allowed to hike bills by 32%.
Must remove profit motive. Nationalise.
United Utilities boss admits water firm ‘isn’t good enough at stopping sewage dumping’
Louise Beardmore, boss at England’s worst-polluting firm, tells MPs pollution rise partly down to extra monitors and wet weather
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Boss of England’s most polluting water provider United Utilities admits firm ‘isn’t good enough at stopping sewage dumping’.
Dumped sewage for 3.6m hours. CEO got £1.4m pay.
Company has 205 criminal convictions, allowed to hike bills by 32%.
Must remove profit motive. Nationalise.
Dumped sewage for 3.6m hours. CEO got £1.4m pay.
Company has 205 criminal convictions, allowed to hike bills by 32%.
Must remove profit motive. Nationalise.
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Corporate Welfare
The owner of the Drax power reported £1.06bn pre-tax profit, its highest ever.
Burns wood to produce UK electricity.
Receives subsidies - will add up to £10bn from 2012 to 2027.
Money straight from public purse to shareholders.
Scam on every count.
The owner of the Drax power reported £1.06bn pre-tax profit, its highest ever.
Burns wood to produce UK electricity.
Receives subsidies - will add up to £10bn from 2012 to 2027.
Money straight from public purse to shareholders.
Scam on every count.
Drax power plant owner lands record £1bn profits amid biomass row
It comes only weeks after government said biomass subsidies allowed Drax Group to make ‘unacceptably large profits’
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Corporate Welfare
The owner of the Drax power reported £1.06bn pre-tax profit, its highest ever.
Burns wood to produce UK electricity.
Receives subsidies - will add up to £10bn from 2012 to 2027.
Money straight from public purse to shareholders.
Scam on every count.
The owner of the Drax power reported £1.06bn pre-tax profit, its highest ever.
Burns wood to produce UK electricity.
Receives subsidies - will add up to £10bn from 2012 to 2027.
Money straight from public purse to shareholders.
Scam on every count.
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Political donations are institutionalized bribery.
Donors get access to policymakers, shape laws, tax privileges, lax regulations, govt contracts/subsidies, honours, power.
Banning political donations is a necessary step for free and fair elections and democracy
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
Donors get access to policymakers, shape laws, tax privileges, lax regulations, govt contracts/subsidies, honours, power.
Banning political donations is a necessary step for free and fair elections and democracy
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites
The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.
leftfootforward.org
January 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Political donations are institutionalized bribery.
Donors get access to policymakers, shape laws, tax privileges, lax regulations, govt contracts/subsidies, honours, power.
Banning political donations is a necessary step for free and fair elections and democracy
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
Donors get access to policymakers, shape laws, tax privileges, lax regulations, govt contracts/subsidies, honours, power.
Banning political donations is a necessary step for free and fair elections and democracy
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...