There are fears people may be "sleepwalking" into immensely difficult and deadly winter months after a protest outside energy supplier E.ON failed to attract significant numbers. The demonstration comes as energy regulator Ofgem announced price cap rise to £3,549 a year from October, an 80% increase.
According to Unite the union, four of the UK’s largest energy suppliers - Centrica, E.ON, EDF and Scottish Power - made £9.5 billion profits. This represented an 84% rise on pre-pandemic profits.
E.ON's profits alone, for the first six months of the year, stood at more than £3bn. As such a protest took place outside the company's city-based office block in Trinity House on Friday (August 26) at 5.30 pm.
