Government energy efficiency plans 'off-track', official review warns

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Report into 10 major DECC projects finds only two are ahead of schedule

The government's household energy efficiency programme is veering off track, according to a review of major projects run by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The government's domestic...

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