MPs slam counter-productive energy policy shake-up: The reaction

James Murray
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"It's fairly obvious investors look to politicians for a clear and stable policy framework... It's so obvious that one wonders why a select committee has to point this out to the Treasury"

The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee of MPs will today attempt to condense reams of criticism aimed at the government's recent clean energy reforms into one easy to read report on the impact...

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