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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Energy bosses set to 'ask next PM to commit billions of taxpayer cash for firms'

Either Rishi Sunak, left, or Liz Truss, right, will be announced as the UK's new prime minister next week

THE energy industry is reportedly preparing to urge the next prime minister to commit billions of taxpayer cash to help struggling businesses pay their bills this winter.

The i newspaper reports that a draft letter from Energy UK will call for deficit funding for suppliers, the scrapping of VAT from bills and exemptions and reliefs from business rates that were given during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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