Thousands of UK jobs at risk as E.ON breaks up Npower
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FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - German energy group E.ON plans a 500-million-pound break-up of the struggling British Npower division it inherited from Innogy , which a union said could put up to 4,500 jobs at risk.The revamp, the latest among established British retail power providers, effectively removes one of the market's so-called 'Big Six' players, which have lost customers to nimbler recent entrants and been hit by a regulatory price cap.E.ON's plan includes managing Npower's..