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Petition calls on Government to use wool in home insulation scheme

After Covid-19 caused the wool price to collapse, a petition has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Defra Secretary to use wool as insulation for all Government grant supported buildings.听

Hannah Binns

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28 July 2020 鈥� 1 min read

Petition calls on Government to use wool in home insulation scheme

Carpets With sheep farmers encouraged to seek out alternative markets for their products this year, chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee (Efra), Neil Parish MP, visited Axminster...

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