Government urged to boost tax breaks for community energy schemes

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Respublica and Friends of the Earth urge government to deliver "truly transformative capitalism which places the market back into the hands of the people"

Government departments should work more closely to promote community renewable energy schemes, including offering tax breaks to usher in "a truly transformative capitalism which places the market back...

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