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 supposed to be 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. jamie lee and hannah are both at scottishpower. there are genuinely people really struggling and they don t have a conscience then, do they. you don t have a choice because there are so many providers and if you want gas and electric, you have got to pay it. wit
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