MPs urge Cameron to tread carefully with 'green levy rollback'

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Chair of Energy and Climate Change Select Committee warns government must be careful not to undermine energy efficiency schemes that serve to bring down bills

The interim chair of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has this week written to the Prime Minister urging him not to undermine investor confidence and damage energy efficiency schemes through...

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