Last-ditch petition urges Cameron to salvage solar industry

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Petition containing 17,000 signatures handed to Downing Street urging prime minister to intervene in feed-in tariff row

Supporters of the solar industry will today make a direct plea to prime minister David Cameron and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to intervene to protect the sector from the impact of deep cuts to incentives...

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