British firms set to feel chill as Jeremy Hunt cuts energy bill relief

This week the chancellor performs his latest Scrooge act with a revamp of the energy bill relief scheme - and the signs aren't good

Can I cut it?" asks Jeremy Hunt, in a clip set to A Tribe Called Quest's 1990 song Can I Kick It?. Yes you can," responds Rishi Sunak in a satirical video recently released by left-leaning social media publisher PoliticsJoe.

This week Hunt will enact the latest cut of his short tenure as chancellor - one which has been typified by moves to rein in the work of his bulldozing predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng. Hunt plans to announce a revamp of the energy bill relief scheme, which subsidises all non-domestic" gas and electricity customers, from businesses and charities to hospitals, schools and care homes.