Npower, one of Britain's biggest energy suppliers, will outline plans this week to axe thousands of jobs as its German owner attempts to revive the company's weak financial performance.
Sky News has learned that Npower will tell staff in the coming days that approximately 2,500 roles at the company and its partners are to be axed.
Sources said the proposals were still being finalised, with some of Npower's directly employed workforce of 7,500 at risk and the remainder of the cuts taking place at internal suppliers elsewhere in the RWE group and at outsourcing partners.
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