Green Deal: 36 households signed up to finance package

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Greg Barker says rise in assessment to 44,479 is encouraging for flagship energy efficiency programme

Government statistics show 36 households had signed up to the Green Deal energy efficiency scheme by the end of June. The number is an improvement on the four households recorded midway through last...

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