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Friends of the Earth's Donna Hume argues it is fossil fuel imports, not green levies, that are driving increases in energy bills

On Monday this week the Daily Telegraph misrepresented the advice issued by a senior government adviser in its warning that green energy policies could add £300 to people's energy bills. The idea that...

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