A BUILDING belonging to Scottish Power has been targeted by activists over the 'hiking' of energy bills.
The Make The Rich Pay group infiltrated the Dealain House premises in Cumbernauld on Tuesday night where it claimed it smashed windows, put its banner on display in front of the building and painted it red.
The group is calling for 'CEO Keith Anderson and his board of executives and shareholders' to bring back the October 2021 price cap of £1277 per year per household.
It comes after the group reportedly 'sent several letters' to Scottish Power's key members to organise a meeting, but claimed it failed to hear anything back.
In a statement the group said: "Never before in living memory have the lines between the capitalists and the ordinary working people of this country been so obvious.
"If Keith Anderson wishes to continue with this act of war on the working class, he would do well to remember: we know who he is, and we will expose him to the full glare of public scrutiny.
"The rich must pay for the economic hardship they have created."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We received a report of an attempted break-in to a premises on Napier Road, Cumbernauld, around 10pm on Tuesday, April 11.
"Enquiries are ongoing."
A spokesperson for Scottish Power added: "We are aware of vandalism to the outside of our Dealain House training school in Cumbernauld last night and are supporting police with their enquiries.
"While we support people’s right to protest, we do not condone criminal behaviour of any kind.
"Our training school is an essential facility where our trainees and apprentices start out on the career ladder after leaving school and we are disappointed that it has been targeted in this way.
"We fully recognise the effect the cost-of-living crisis is having on people across the UK, not just on energy bills but across the wider economy.
"This issue is bigger than just one industry and that’s why we are actively engaging with Government on what more can be done to help people, particularly the most vulnerable."
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