The UK government is showing increasing irritation with the big six energy suppliers who have recently announced excessive annual profits, seemingly at the expense of the poorest sectors of the population With some 4

Parliament has finally woken up to the reality that never in the history of the British Isles has so much been taken from so many by so few in the UK energy market The few in this case are the big 6 electricity and gas suppliers who have sheepishly raised their prices since January by on average 15% - although Scottish and Southern Energy has once again agreed to delay any rise until the spring, no doubt smarting from its rise in market share following a similar strategy last year