What killed the Green Deal? Ideology, intransigence, and austerity

James Murray
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The Green Deal failed, but the original ambition behind the scheme was on the money. Ministers now need to find a way to make energy efficiency financing work or risk missing out on cost-effective emissions savings

Reading the National Audit Office's (NAO) absolutely damning report on the Green Deal and the government's wider domestic energy efficiency programme feels a little like intruding on private grief. Everyone...

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