Cashback to tempt green deal early adopters

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 28 Jun 2012, 12:04

The Guardian - 28/06/12

Government working on how best to deliver £200m incentive package for flagship insulation and energy efficiency scheme.

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JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 28 Jun 2012, 12:40

Cashback! Isn't that where you borrow more money than you need so the lender makes more money out of you, rather than just charging less in the first place?

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 28 Jun 2012, 14:00

Yes, I raised that very point with a senior civil servant at DECC. She agreed with me but said there was no chance of getting anything out of he Treasury while deficit reduction was high on the agenda. As far as she was concerned the important thing was to get people to insulate the houses and she didn't care much about how it was funded so long as the job got done.