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Energy support announcement expected around Christmas

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said that the government hopes to be able to reveal, government energy support plans for businesses around Christmas time. Retail industry leaders have been calling for an extension of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Hunt suggested that might be the case. In an LBC radio interview on Tuesday, Hunt was asked …

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