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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to end prepayment penalties for more than four million households

Reuters

Prepayment meter customers will no longer be charged more to receive their energy under reforms to be announced in the chancellor's Budget.

Jeremy Hunt is to end the “prepayment premium” from July, saving more than four million households £45 a year on their energy bills, according to the Treasury.

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