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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Business
Graham Hiscott

BP & Shell make £900-a-second profits as Brits shiver at prospect of energy bills rise

Oil goliaths Shell and BP are set to spark fury by raking in more than £7billion profit between them in just three months, while households are reeling from a cost of living crisis.

The bumper haul will reignite calls for a windfall tax on firms making a packet out of the surge in wholesale energy prices.

Meanwhile, ordinary households around the country are struggling to pay their bills.

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