SSE boss gets 72% pay rise weeks after arguing against cap on bills

Alistair Phillips-Davies to receive £2.92m after financial year in which profit margin on households rose from 6.2% to 6.9%The boss of one of the UK’s biggest energy companies has been given a 72% pay rise, just weeks after arguing against consumers having their bills capped to save them £100 a year.Alistair Phillips-Davies, the chief executive of SSE, will be paid £2.92m in 2017 after receiving the maximum possible bonuses for leading a “robust performance” b