and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the deal means octopus will take on bulb s 1.5 million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb biggest green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november bulb went into administration. it was only kept going by the government which pumped hundreds of millions of pounds into the business but now a deal has been struck that it is hoped will give relief notjust to customers and taxpayers but also hundreds of staff. today octopus were confident that the takeover of bulb s customers would be smith. octopus has great experience of bringing large numbers of customers across, so for example when the largest to date failed we were able to look after those customers and staff pretty seamlessly, and i think with bulb the experience we have got means we are probably the natural choice. in means we are
and celtic match liverpool in hitting the net nine times see all the goals in sportsday at 7:30pm. good evening. welcome to the bbc news channel. the leader of britain s biggest trade union unite says the labour party needs to get a spine and do more to stand up for working people struggling with the cost of living. sharon graham told the bbc that there is currently no strong voice for workers in parliament, and she said people wanted a strong message from labour. the party has not supported calls for pay rises backed by industrial action, but says if it were in power it would join talks between employers and unions. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? now! could the summer of strikes turn into a winter of discontent? at felixstowe port, 1,900 dock workers are finishing an eight day walk out, impacting uk supply chains for food, clothing and essential goods. there are now calls ahead of next month s gathering of tr
see all the goals later this half hour. good evening. the leader of britain s biggest trade union unite says the labour party needs to get a spine and do more to stand up for working people struggling with the cost of living. sharon graham told the bbc that there is currently no strong voice for workers in parliament and she said people wanted a strong message from labour. the party has not supported calls for pay rises backed by industrial action, but says if it were in power it would join talks between employers and unions. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? now! could the summer of strikes turn into a winter of discontent? at felixstowe port, 1,900 dock workers are finishing an eight day walk out, impacting uk supply chains for food, clothing and essential goods. there are now calls ahead of next month s gathering of trades unions at the tuc conference for future strikes to be synchronised or staggered to maxim
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