but that additional levy comes with an incentive for investment, so if the company spends £1 on investing in oil and gas exploration, they can claim around 90p of that pound spent, so there is this kind of carrot and stick whereby you want to capture more profits, more revenues from the profits made by the oil and gas companies, but you also want to direct investment in a way that you find it suitable and beneficial for the country, then more green energy investment. british gas has suspended the forced installation of pre payment metres because of reports that debt collectors it employed forced their way into the homes of vulnerable customers to fit them. some of those customers were disabled, or single parents. the regulator 0fgem has launched an investigation. aru na iyengar reports. hello? british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant. can you please open the door? otherwise we have a locksmith
i don t even have a moral right to ask forforgiveness from the ukrainians. i can t forgive myself. so i can t expect them to forgive me. konstantin says that senior officers called him a traitor for being anti war. but he points out that he gave an oath to protect his country, not to attack another. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. british gas has suspended the forced installation of pre payment meters because of reports that debt collectors it employed forced their way into the homes of vulnerable customers to fit them. some of those customers were disabled, or single parents. the regulator 0fgem has launched an investigation. aru na iyengar reports. hello? british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant.
today at one: interest rates rise again keeping them at their highest level since 2008. the bank of england increases rates from 3.5 to 4% as it tries to tackle soaring prices. it s back to the days of the, you know, panicking every time there s an unexpected bill. the bank says that the uk will enter recession this year, but it will be shorter than it previously thought. the boss of british gas says he s horrified that debt collectors working on the company s behalf are breaking in to the homes of vulnerable customers to fit energy meters. the energy company shell reports its highest annual profits in its 115 year history. a former russian officer, the most senior to speak openly, gives the bbc an exclusive interivew detailing what he saw
prediction. we have two mens of monetary policy committee who think the risk is more recession than inflation and we shouldn t have raised interest rates this time. but there they are, 4% interest rates. that will be difficult for 1.8 million people coming off fixed rates mortgages in the year ahead. british gas is facing an investigation by the energy watchdog after it was found to have used debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre payment meters. the measure can result in someone s heating being cut off, and the boss of the owner of british gas centrica has now called the tactic inexcusable . it comes after an undercover reporter from the times newspaper found the meters were being fitted in homes which should be protected. here s our business correspondent emma simpson. hello, british gas. we have a court warrant. , . . ., , ., warrant. detective collectors about to break in to
thanit shell paid more to its shareholders than it spent on renewable energy investment. sophie. british gas is facing an investigation by the energy watchdog after it was found to have used debt collectors who break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit prepayment meters. the measure can result in someone s heating being cut off and the boss of the owner of british gas, centrica, has now called the tactic inexcusable . centrica, has now called the practice was revealed by an undercover reporter from the times newspaper. here s our business correspondent emma simpson. hello? british gas, we are here with a warrant. debt collectors, about to break in to install a prepayment meter. just the excitement of it, i love this bit. he didn t know about the undercover reporter, though. the customer, a single father with three young kids, isn t home. and the times found evidence of other stories like this too. if they re just saying, i am a single mum and i ve got three kids. that