Guardian: A group of more than 40 companies and other organisations have called on the prime minister to keep the only regulation that forces energy firms to fund energy efficiency improvements for low-income households.
Spending by utilities under the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) amounts to about 1.3bn. David Cameron has floated the idea of scrapping the ECO, which his government introduced, to help cut fuel bills.
The saving would amount to less than 50 per household per year, on average energy...