Suffering from angina and arthritis, and with poor mobility, widower Barry Seckerson needs to keep his home warm. But this winter that has come at an enormous price. His British Gas bill for the latest quarter is £1171, for which he will be forced to dip in to his funeral fund.
While he does that, Chris O’Shea, the CEO of British Gas parent company Centrica, is trying to decide whether to take the bonus of up to £1.6million he is due after the firm made profits of £3.3billion, reports The Mirror.
Fife-born O’Shea will still be due his bonus despite last week’s revelations that British Gas agents with warrants were breaking into the homes of vulnerable people to force-fit prepayment meters, which mean customers are cut off if they fail to pay.
