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Government must abandon 'one size fits all' energy policy says rural group

New report sets out concerns about proposed heat pumps policy for rural off-gas grid properties

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
Rural communities are being unduly targeted by fuel reforms, a new report had found
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Rural communities are being unduly targeted by fuel reforms, a new report had found

New report sets out concerns about proposed heat pumps policy for rural off-gas grid properties

A campaign group has urged the Government to rethink its rural fuel proposals and to abandon its ‘one size fits all' policy following the publication of new research. The report, Decarbonising Heating...

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