SSE has confirmed it is to reduce its gas bills by 4.1%.

The cut will come into effect from 30 April, and will save the average household £28 a year.

It is understood the new price will remain until at least July 2016.

SSE is now the fifth of the "big six" energy companies to have reduced its gas prices this month. However, like the other firms, there is no reduction in electricity prices.

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Steve Forbes, SSE's Director of GB Domestic, commented: "We were the only supplier to freeze prices and we promised we would cut them if we could; now we're delivering on that promise with an average £28 reduction in gas bills.

"Only SSE customers can bank on the fact that their standard energy prices won't increase under any circumstances before July 2016. Our prices are coming down, they're staying down and we want to work with government to bring them down further."

(JP/MH)