Energy bills crisis: The wretched legacy of David Cameron's decision to 'get rid of the green crap'

Cecilia Keating
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Former Prime Minister David Cameron
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Former Prime Minister David Cameron

Coalition-era cuts to energy efficiency and clean energy programmes could hold crucial lessons for policymakers today as they wrestle with how to respond to soaring gas prices

Ministers faced with tackling the escalating energy bill crisis would do well to heed the lessons of the recent past. Two separate analyses published this week have detailed how households and businesses...

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