The Observer view on the Tory renewable energy policy | Observer editorial

Government cuts to solar-power subsidies are shortsighted and irresponsible

The Conservative party has spent much time mocking Labour for being out of touch on business issues, particularly Jeremy Corbyn's support for rail and possibly energy nationalisation.

But George Osborne seems much more at home tickling the tummies of huge, state-owned companies in China and France, especially with regard to nuclear power, than tending his domestic, private-sector firms. While the chancellor was out wooing on a recent trip to Beijing, he seemed blissfully unaware that subsidy cuts to the UK's growing army of small and medium-size "green" companies have been causing havoc.

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