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High street retailers are to advise the UK government on how to reduce its use of energy.
DIY-chain B&Q, food retailers Tesco and Marks and Spencer, and high-street bank HSBC have all been asked to guide the new coalition government towards a ten per cent cut in energy costs.
Although the coalition claims the move was ‘inspired by 10:10’, the campaign to cut UK emissions by ten per cent in 2010, it appears the initiative has been launched primarily as a money-saving exercise.
Greg Barker, the coalition government’s climate minister, said: ‘There’s an absolute imperative in making sure these financial savings come from energy bills and not from elsewhere; so that really focuses minds. Also if they can cut this there will be more money for frontline services.’
DIY-chain B&Q, food retailers Tesco and Marks and Spencer, and high-street bank HSBC have all been asked to guide the new coalition government towards a ten per cent cut in energy costs.
Although the coalition claims the move was ‘inspired by 10:10’, the campaign to cut UK emissions by ten per cent in 2010, it appears the initiative has been launched primarily as a money-saving exercise.
Greg Barker, the coalition government’s climate minister, said: ‘There’s an absolute imperative in making sure these financial savings come from energy bills and not from elsewhere; so that really focuses minds. Also if they can cut this there will be more money for frontline services.’
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