BRITISH GAS engineers will complete their five-day strike action today, with no sign of a breakthrough in the dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the GMB union walked out last Thursday and have been mounting socially distanced picket lines across Britain after being “provoked” into taking industrial action. British Gas owner Centrica said it had contingency plans and was prioritising vulnerable households and emergencies. GMB national officer Justin Bowden said: “The only way for profitable British Gas to end this massive disruption it is provoking for their customers in the bleak midwinter is to take its outrageous ‘fire and rehire’ threat off the table.