Government fires starting pistol on promised Green Deal boom

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Ed Davey predicts jobs in energy efficiency sector will more than double as DECC releases long-awaited legislation

The government today unveiled long-awaited secondary legislation in support of its flagship Green Deal energy efficiency scheme, vowing that the new initiative will create more than 30,000 new green jobs...

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