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Rachelle Abbott

The Leader podcast: Blackouts, BP profits & tax increases

BP has revealed higher quarterly profits and revenues (Nick Ansell/PA)

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As we brace ourselves for the possibility of blackouts this winter, another energy company is making huge profits.

This comes in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis and as we all await the ‘tough decisions’ the Prime Minister told us to prepare for ahead of the autumn statement.

The Evening Standard’s Deputy Political Editor, David Bond, walks us through the big energy companies profiting, the reaction and what we might expect in the upcoming fiscal statement.

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