Persimmon admits lobbying government to axe zero carbon homes goal
Giving evidence to BEIS committee, major housebuilder admits it was in favour of scrapping zero carbon policy as part of push to unlock construction of more new homes
Homebuilder Persimmon lobbied the government to axe the zero carbon homes policy in 2015, less than a year before it was due to come into effect, the company admitted yesterday. Giving evidence to the...
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