Militants from several civil society groups occupied institutions, energy company headquarters and shops in Great Britain to protest against rising electricity bills, DPA and Agerpres reported on Saturday.

Don’t Pay UK and Fuel Poverty Action said their activists set up blankets, sleeping bags and hot water bottles in the lobby of Scottish Power in Glasgow this morning, with another demonstration planned for later in the evening. a day at the British Museum in central London sponsored by British Petroleum.

A third group was preparing to take over the Westfield shopping center in Stratford, east London, and further protests were planned at a shopping center in Manchester, as well as in Liverpool, Brighton and Bristol.

Protest groups are calling on the government to take immediate action on the energy and cost-of-living crisis by introducing an Energy for All program, defined as “a universal and free amount of energy to meet people’s needs” that can be provided by the government “ending fossil fuel subsidies from money taxpayers, a more efficient excise tax applied to energy companies and higher tariffs for energy consumption in high-end homes.

“Ordinary people can no longer foot the bill for the crises caused by the rich, it’s time for big polluters and speculators to pay their share,” said Stuart Bretherton, campaign coordinator for Fuel Poverty Action.