STRIKING British Gas engineers burned new company contracts today to demonstrate that they will not be bullied into accepting a massive pay cut and inferior conditions.

As more than 7,000 engineers downed tools for their seventh day of strike action, the GMB union called on the “millionaires’ club” on the company’s board to rein in chief executive Chris O’Shea’s fire-and-rehire strategy.

The union pointed out that four members of the board of parent company Centrica made £37 million between them for roles outside the company in the last five years.