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Daily Mirror
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Chiara Fiorillo & Izzy Hawksworth & Rowan Newman

Pub landlord fears he'll be forced to charge £16 a pint amid soaring energy bills

A pub landlord fears he may have to charge customers an eye-watering £16 for a pint as energy bills continue to rise.

Stephen Hey, 74, has been running The Wickenham Arms Hotel in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, for 32 years but is now worried about the impact the ongoing cost of living crisis will have on his pub.

His bills are expected to rise to £1,000 a week and he fears he may have to choose between charging customers much more or closing down without government help.

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