Unite Press Release 

For immediate release: Tuesday 2 May 2023

Unite blasts BP’s profiteering while the government sleeps at the wheel

Shell makes £4 billion in the 1st quarter of 2023

Last year Shell and BP’s combined profits were a grotesque £55 billion

Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham said: “BP’s grotesque profiteering is continuing at pace. Last year Shell and BP’s combined profits stood at £55 billion and all the indications point to Shell taking billions in the first quarter of this year.

“Profiteering by big oil and other major sectors is a blight on the economy. Profiteering is driving prices higher, leaving workers poorer while businesses struggle to keep the lights on.

“Sunak’s government is asleep at the wheel. It needs to wake up and learn from the Norwegian government, which takes billions more out of North Sea oil profits than the UK does.”

ENDS

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Unite is the UK and Ireland’s leading union fighting to protect and advance jobs, pay and conditions for members working across all sectors of the economy. The general secretary is Sharon Graham.