Industry warns government solar subsidy cuts put 27,000 jobs at risk

Jessica Shankleman
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Solar Trade Association draws on new figures to highlight potential impact of planned feed-in tariff review

Up to 27,000 people who make a living from the UK's burgeoning solar power industry could lose their jobs as a result of the government's aggressive cuts to the popular feed-in tariff subsidy scheme, a...

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