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		<title>Rant: British Gas at it again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unhappy with the billions they have already made, British Gas wants more!
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<p>Yesterday&#8217;s announcement by Centrica-owned British gas of a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7533389.stm" title="BBC Article (opens in new window)" target="_blank">record 35% price increase</a> would have been enough for most of their long-suffering customers to content with, if it had been the only rise this year.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s not of course.  Let&#8217;s not forget the <a href="http://www.bandannaclub.com/b2blog/index.php/2008/01/21/rant_british_gas_it_s_all_cash_cash_cash" title="Read the diaTribe article">15% retail price increase in January</a> of this year, the 12.4% increase in September 2006 and the 14% increase in 2005. Taken collectively, they represent a non inflation-adjusted (but still gobsmacking) <strong>96% rise in the last 3 years!</strong></p>
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