MPs: energy policy 'uncertainty' deterring investors

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Public Accounts Committee calls for departments to consider effect on investment and consumer bills when making or changing policy

Government should consider the impact of unnerving investors when changing or making energy policy, or risk deterring much-needed finance, MPs have warned. A new report from the Committee of Public...

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