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'Big six' say fuel bills to rise

Updated on 24 June 2008

By John Sparks

Bosses of the "big six" fuel companies confirm energy bills will rise this winter.

As they faced a grilling from MPs, energy bosses said soaring oil and gas prices could add as much as £400 to the average fuel bill this year.

But it was also revealed that gas is flowing from the UK into European markets because of a lack of facilities to store it here for the winter.

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