Is Jeremy Hunt about to reduce energy bill support for businesses?

Chancellor to announce an extension of the scheme, a lifeline for energy-intensive firms, but may make it less generous

Christmas is just days away and business owners across the country are nervously waiting for a much-needed present from the government. The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is expected to announce an extension as early as this week to a support scheme to help businesses with their energy bills, which is due to end in March. Hunt faces a choice between piling on further costs to the Treasury or seeing companies go bust without intervention.