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UK Government admits ALL electricity bill-payers hit by skewed Scottish subsidy

The UK Government has admitted that all electricity consumers in Britain may have been paying more than they should have been because of a "distortion" skewing a north of Scotland subsidy scheme.
By Calum Ross
August 5, 2022, 6:00 am Updated: August 5, 2022, 9:12 am
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Bill-payers across Britain may have been hit.

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