Anger over record Shell profits leads the nation’s papers at the end of the working week.
The Guardian says there are calls for a tougher windfall tax on energy companies after Shell recorded a profit of £32.2 billion in 2022, while paying just £110 million in windfall tax.
Guardian front page, Friday 3 February 2023: Calls for tougher windfall tax after Shell posts ‘obscene’ record profits pic.twitter.com/oMhx9zQ1uE
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 2, 2023
Meanwhile, the i reports energy firms have been ordered to stop force-fitting pre-pay meters to help prevent the most vulnerable being cut off from electricity and gas.
Friday’s front page: Energy firms ordered to stop force-fitting prepay meters in Britain’s poorest homes
From @deankirby_ https://t.co/K2GIKjYs1v#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Nh1kCEGdgM
— i newspaper (@theipaper) February 2, 2023
Both stories are carried by Metro and the Daily Star.
Tomorrow’s Paper Today ?
POWER CRAZY
? British Gas debt agents break into homes of the vulnerable ? Shell posts record profits as public struggles with bills#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/qZbCSFkHaQ
— Metro (@MetroUK) February 2, 2023
Friday’s front page: No trial for Man Utd ace https://t.co/wl8hRJWDCL#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/3Y8GUPyfte
— Daily Star (@dailystar) February 2, 2023
Elsewhere, the Daily Mail and The Sun lead with a TV appeal from the family of missing mum Nicola Bulley, one week after she disappeared while walking her dog.
Friday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/sF67kxiihG
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) February 2, 2023
On tomorrow’s front page: Missing Nicola Bulley’s devastated sister reveals the family are ‘stuck in a nightmare’ since the mum-of-two vanished https://t.co/P52RdnmQDC pic.twitter.com/BAn618dwGf
— The Sun (@TheSun) February 2, 2023
The Telegraph carries a warning from the Bank of England (BoE) that the country’s workforce will be permanently smaller after the pandemic and lockdown.
The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:’Lockdown damage to workforce is permanent’#TomorrowsPapersTodaySign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/7eCibbfK8W
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 2, 2023
The Daily Express says the BoE has forecast Britain’s economic slump will end next year.
Friday’s front page: Don’t jump for joy just yet… but slump to end next yearhttps://t.co/hlBprQ6pL6#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/RiksVfisbo
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) February 2, 2023
And the Daily Mirror reports footballer Mason Greenwood will not face trial over an alleged sex attack after charges against him were dropped.
Friday’s front page: Greenwood: Charges dropped #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/34JFGeX3Uq pic.twitter.com/LOX86dEVZ3
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 2, 2023
