Reports: Chancellor mulls extending business energy bills support package

James Murray
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Jeremy Hunt Credit: UK Parliament
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Jeremy Hunt Credit: UK Parliament

Financial Times reports the Treasury is reconsidering its controversial plans to end universal energy bill support for businesses from April

The government is reportedly considering another U-turn that could see it extend the current freeze on energy prices for business and other non-domestic customers beyond the scheduled end of the Energy...

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