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The Green Deal was no deal for consumers

Akta Raja, Enhabit

27 July 2016 • 4 min read

Enhabit's Akta Raja considers where it all went wrong for the Green Deal

Last week the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) released the findings of their enquiry on the reasons for the failure of the Green Deal, which ended up making only 14,000 loans (many of which were for boiler...

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