Daylight robbery by energy giants fleecing direct debit customers – overcharging to improve their cashflow at the cost of families – is utterly scandalous.
Either these companies must immediately refund households and set debit rates reasonably, or Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng must end the talk and take decisive action.
After scorching increases in gas and electricity bills, the direct debit scam smacks of burning greed and an abuse of power.
Money saving expert Martin Lewis’s outrage speaks for millions when quieter voices go unheard. The energy giants deserve every word of criticism heading their way.
With the cost of living crisis seriously biting and people wrestling with how to pay more with less money, every penny counts.
Energy bosses’ behaviour makes the case for tougher regulation and public ownership.
Is my energy supplier legally allowed to increase my direct debit payments? See your rights here.
Fein surprise
Every party in Northern Ireland has a civic duty to deliver for the people of the province after seismic elections produced an unprecedented nationalist victory.
Stormont needs to be up and running with a Sinn Fein First Minister and DUP Deputy in place, despite acknowledged heightened tensions between the two opposing forces.
If Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness could work together, Michelle O’Neill and Jeffrey Donaldson could have no excuse if they fail to operate power sharing.
Boris Johnson’s broken promises have undermined the DUP and boosted Sinn Fein. For the leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party to fuel the breakup of the United Kingdom is testimony to his incompetence.
Smiles live on
As George in The Sweeney, Terry in Minder and Gerry in New Tricks, actor Dennis Waterman won a place in our hearts with a string of iconic TV roles.
Thank you for the smiles and memories from a Brit who entertained us for decades and will be watched for decades more to come.
