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Announced large increases in profits for the first half of this year. but with millions of households struggling to keep up with payments, there has been an angry reaction from poverty campaigners. here's our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith. british gas, scottishpower and edf are energy giants. supplying energy to half the homes in britain. over the last six months they have made hundreds of millions of pounds in profit between them. they are just taking from all of us and giving it to their mates, the shareholders. it grates for customers who are having to cut back. we are suppos...

Will say it as well, we are destroying the ecosystems of the world and while we are a part of the ecosystems, have to recognise that with our global economic mode of operation. but we also, within those ecosystems, have the rest of the living world. and that is also very much under threat at the moment. we need a much better understanding. indeed as you say, we heard from the un secretary—general who described the planet, not as climate warming, but actually climate boiling now. sir david king, thank you for joining us on the programme. here in the uk... here in the uk british gas has report...

Her as fierce and fragile, impulsive, bold and beautiful. colin patterson, thank _ impulsive, bold and beautiful. colin patterson, thank you. _ british gas has reported it's highest ever half year profits — £970 million — after price cap rises allowed it to make more money from household bills. scottishpower and edf have also announced large increases in profits for the first half of this year. but with millions of households struggling to pay their bills, there has been an angry reaction from poverty campaigners. here's our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith. british gas, scott...

Well off, we are both teachers at i well off, we are both teachers at the end of the day, we should be all right but we really do have to watch what we're spending.— right but we really do have to watch what we're spending. jamie lee and hannah are — what we're spending. jamie lee and hannah are both _ what we're spending. jamie lee and hannah are both at _ what we're spending. jamie lee and hannah are both at scottishpower. l hannah are both at scottishpower. there _ hannah are both at scottishpower. there are — hannah are both at scottishpower. there are genuinely people really struggl...