British Gas: £25m poor handout versus profits of £20 billion since 1997

Photo of a gas hob with a bill from British Gas (Owen Humphreys/PA)

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Yesterday British Gas, an unlikely white knight, said it will donate 10% of its profits each six months to help poorer customers struggling with higher bills.

Well, we’re all poorer and it smacks slightly of a PR stunt, but in the absence of anything approaching coherent government policy, is welcomed nonetheless.