'No regrets fiscal stimulus': Firms intensify calls to ditch VAT on energy efficiency upgrades

Cecilia Keating
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The UK's 29 million homes are among the oldest and leakiest in Europe | Credit: iStock
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The UK's 29 million homes are among the oldest and leakiest in Europe | Credit: iStock

Ahead of the Chancellor’s spring statement, trade groups and energy companies yet again urge Treasury to leverage tax system to accelerate green home retrofit market

The Treasury is facing yet more calls to slash VAT on energy efficiency upgrades to homes in order to incentivise households to carry out green retrofits to their homes that can tackle fuel poverty and...

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