Is the government allowing UK energy efficiency gains to grind to a halt?

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Andrew Warren explores how the government looks like it is missing its own domestic energy efficiency targets, and asks if this policy 'neglect' will undermine recent energy-savings

In the 10 years from 2005, overall energy consumption in the UK fell by 16.2 per cent. Meanwhile, petrol consumption dropped by 13.1 per cent; electricity use went down by 15.2 per cent; and the amount...

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