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  • Mar.01.2018: Richest UK households 'should pay more to fund clean energy'. The richest households should pay £410 a year more towards supporting energy subsidies for wind farms, solar rooftops and home insulation schemes, govt-funded researchers have urged. UKerc) said that shifting environmental and social levies off electricity bills and instead loading them on to general taxation would reduce the cost of energy for more than two thirds of households. The researchers argued the current approach to funding low-carbon power and energy efficiency was regressive. The poorest households spend 10% of their income on heating and keeping the lights on, compared to 3% for the richest. John Barrett, professor of energy and climate policy, said "The key finding at the moment is we’ve created a system that pits social justice and equality against climate change. That creates opposition to some of the costs associated with climate change." He said it was only fair that the richest should shoulder the burden of paying for clean energy, because they use more energy and they can afford it. The Guardian, Adam Vaughan