{"id":4304,"date":"2022-03-18T16:55:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4304"},"modified":"2022-07-06T01:13:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T00:13:36","slug":"solar-energy-uk-calls-on-chancellor-to-reduce-vat-on-domestic-renewables-in-response-to-energy-price-crisis","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/news\/solar-energy-uk-calls-on-chancellor-to-reduce-vat-on-domestic-renewables-in-response-to-energy-price-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Energy UK calls on Chancellor to reduce VAT on domestic renewables in response to energy price crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"acf-block-spacer-block_61fbd0b447091\" class=\"c-pt-4\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solar Energy UK<\/strong><br>Immediate release<br>18.03.2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solar Energy UK and a wide variety of industry and environmental groups have today <a href=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Letter-to-the-Chancellor-VAT-18-March-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">written to the Chancellor<\/a>, Rishi Sunak, calling on him to reduce the rate of VAT on domestic renewable and energy efficiency technologies to 0% as part of the Spring Statement.<br><br>Solar Energy recently published a <a href=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Briefing-Energy-Security-Strategy-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">briefing <\/a>on the energy price crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"acf-block-spacer-block_6229cc5d22d54\" class=\"c-pt-4\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013&nbsp;<strong>ENDS\u200b<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar Energy UKImmediate release18.03.2022 Solar Energy UK and a wide variety of industry and environmental groups have today written to the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, calling on him to reduce the rate of VAT on domestic renewable and energy efficiency technologies to 0% as part of the Spring Statement. 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