Cameron in Urgent Bid to Save Green Deal

David Cameron has stepped in to rescue the Green Deal by commissioning the Cabinet Office to put together an urgent briefing on how the scheme can be modified to avoid a collapse in insulation installations.  The move comes just weeks after the success of the flagship energy efficiency policy was put at risk by the prime minister’s intervention to block the so-called ‘conservatory tax’ that was touted by ministers as key to driving take-up of the Green Deal. The Cabinet Office has interviewed senior figures in the sector to establish what must be done to make the scheme viable amid increasing concern that it will prove a damp squib when it launches in October this year.  Read more on the Building website.