UK solar industry welcomes potential EU VAT progress

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New EU Action Plan hailed as potential step towards UK retaining reduced VAT rate for solar panels

Fears the UK solar sector could see VAT on solar panels rise from five to 20 per cent as a result of a controversial European Court of Justice Ruling last year appeared to recede yesterday, as the European...

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