Energy secretary calls for meeting after leaked report suggested profits could be seven times higher than industry claims

The business and energy secretary, Greg Clark, plans to meet energy company representatives after a report appeared to show them extracting larger profits from households than they claimed.

A report commissioned by Energy UK, the industry lobby, showed that the cost to the big six energy companies of providing a dual fuel bill was £844 this year.

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