Fresh round of spending cuts confirmed for DECC

Jessica Shankleman
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DECC signs off spending review plan that will result in cuts of around 10 per cent, but Defra reportedly refusing to find further savings

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has agreed to slash its budget by around 10 per cent from April 2015, as part of the latest round of spending cuts announced today by the Treasury...

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