Independent: Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers are close to reaching agreement on cuts to wind-farm subsidies amid criticism that the Coalition parties are pursuing two different energy policies – and that the Chancellor, George Osborne, is engaged in “open warfare” with parts of the Department for Energy and Climate Change.
Mr Osborne is expected to drop Treasury demands for a reduction of up to 25 per cent in state subsidies to encourage the growth of onshore wind farms. The cut is likely to be…

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