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New blow to Brown's plan to extract more cash from energy firms to help fuel-poor

                   
guardian.co.uk
03-Sep-2008
        
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Gordon Brown's efforts to prise extra cash from the big energy companies to protect 5 million households from spiralling energy prices have hit serious trouble, with the companies warning they will pull back on a planned extra £10bn investment in renewables and nuclear power if they are forced to use their profits to ease the plight of the fuel-poor. Ministers are looking for financial help from the big six... [read full story]                    

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