British Gas customers can expect more price hikes, environmental protesters say. The UK’s biggest gas provider announced plans to raise prices by £119 for 3 million customers from 1 April. Centrica, the multinational parent company which owns British Gas, also funds fracking through an organisation called Cuadrilla. ‘Fracking is expensive’ Reclaim the Power, a group that says it is fighting for social, environmental and economic justice, and Fuel Poverty Action, told i fracking will further push up bills for customers. “Right now, as illustrated by the price hike by British Gas just this week, our bill payments are funding Centrica’s speculative investment in fracking,” said Robert Noyes, campaigner at Reclaim the Power. “Fracking is expensive and damaging and is only delaying urgent investment in the clean energy we need for the future.”
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