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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Jonathan Prynn,David Bond,Rachael Burford and Miriam Burrell

Pressure grows on Jeremy Hunt to keep energy support as bills set to rise by £500

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was under pressure on Monday to use next month’s Budget to scrap plans to raise the Government’s cap on household energy bills to £3,000 a year from April.

Under the Treasury’s current plans, typical household energy bills are set to jump from £2,500 to £3,000 in April.

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