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Big oil’s quarterly profits hit £50bn as UK braces for even higher energy bills

Labour condemns ‘eye-watering’ gains and renews call for windfall tax to ease pressure on household finances

  • Oil firms seem more interested in shareholders than net zero

Bumper profits of nearly £50bn shared by the world’s five biggest oil companies prompted a chorus of calls for higher taxes on the sector as UK households were told to brace for average annual energy bills of more than £3,600 this winter.

The UK firm BP was accused of “unfettered profiteering” after it said on Tuesday underlying profits had tripled to $8.5bn (£6.9bn) between April and June, thanks to high oil prices. It was its biggest quarterly profit in 14 years and BP said it would hand out nearly £4bn to shareholders as a result.

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