UK's Hunt expected to extend energy bill support for households -source

Britain's finance minister Jeremy Hunt is expected to extend support for household energy bills for an extra three months beyond April, a government source told Reuters on Friday after a similar report in The Times newspaper.

Government support is scheduled to be scaled back from next month, meaning average annual bills would rise to 3,000 pounds ($3,602.10) from 2,500 pounds now, but Hunt is set to extend it at the current level until June. ($1 = 0.8328 pounds)