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Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
CAMPAIGNERS and MPs have accused ministers of “going in the wrong direction” on the climate crisis after a £1.5 billion flagship scheme to insulate homes was scrapped six months after its launch.
The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced at the weekend that the green homes grant voucher scheme launched last July will close on Wednesday.
The scheme, previously due to run until March next year, was a key part of the government’s climate strategy. It offered households grants of up to £5-10,000 for those on low incomes – to pay for insulation or low-carbon heating.
Lawyers to challenge approval of data centre in Britain that ‘pollutes on the scale of an international airport’
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
