Reports: Prime Minister planning to slash £1bn from existing energy efficiency schemes to fund new insulation drive

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Reports: Prime Minister planning to slash £1bn from existing energy efficiency schemes to fund new insulation drive

Campaigners slam proposals to skim money from existing subsidies to create new insulation scheme, arguing that it amounts to 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'

The Prime Minister is planning to divert more than £1bn from existing energy efficiency and clean heat programmes to create a new scheme focused on insulating the homes of poorer households, according...

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