Energy supplier npower to cut 1,400 UK jobs: source

(Reuters) - Npower, the UK arm of Germany utility RWE (RWE.DE), is expected on Thursday to announce it is moving 1,000 back-office jobs to India from Britain and axing another 400 in the UK, a source familiar with the matter said. The source said that npower will also outsource 550 jobs to another company within the UK. RWE recently said it planned to cut 6,750 jobs across Europe during 2014 to 2016 to fight a deep crisis in Europe's energy industry. Npower is among the big six energy suppliers in the UK that have raised household electricity and gas charges.

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