Breaking: Industry confirms Judicial Review challenge to Pickles over energy efficiency row

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Association for the Conservation of Energy to lodge application for Judicial Review this Friday

Eric Pickles' Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) will face a day in court over its controversial decision to scrap energy efficiency rules that would have delivered an estimated £11bn...

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