Huge questions left unanswered over government's energy efficiency plans

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Changing policies is fine if it improves the status quo, but scrapping schemes without a back-up plan is the wrong move and will only increase costs in the long-term, argues Jimmy Aldridge.

The Green Deal was a flop. It had underperformed on its original targets and been an embarrassment for the coalition government who introduced it as a flagship scheme. But by stopping it in its tracks...

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