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The Government had been looking at reducing feed-in tariff subsidies (FITs) - payments made to households and communities that generate green electricity through solar panels - on any installations completed after 12 December 2011.

The Government has lost its appeal against the High Court decision which found its proposal to significantly reduce solar Feed-In Tariffs (FITs) for solar PV installations completed on or after 12 December 2011 was unlawful. The Government had planned ...

The Government is desperate to reduce the feed-in tariff (FIT) payments it makes to households and communities who generate green electricity through solar panels. Ministers decided subsidies would be halved for any new installations completed after ...

The government yesterday lost a bid to overturn a High Court ruling that the timing of its decision to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes was unlawful.

The energy minister tells Channel 4 News he will appeal against the Court's decision not to allow the government to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes, as it will cost consumers £1.5bn.

Thousands of homes and businesses may now be able to claim higher payments after the government fails to overturn earlier ruling that cuts were illegal

• Read the court's full judgmentThe government lost its appeal on Wednesday against a judge's ruling that its cuts to solar power subsidies were illegal, suggesting thousands of homes and businesses will now be able to claim the higher payments

The UK Government has lost its bid to overturn a High Court ruling which found its plans to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes are unlawful.

The Government is to fight on after losing its bid in the Court of Appeal to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes.

The government is to seek a Supreme Court appeal over its proposed cut to solar panel subsidies, defying calls from businesses and consumers to accept today's Court of Appeal ruling that the cut was unlawful.

The government has lost its attempt to overturn a High Court judgment that ruled halving solar panel subsidies from December last year was illegal.

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government on Wednesday lost a bid to overturn a High Court ruling that the timing of its decision to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes was unlawful.

The court of appeal on Wednesday rejected the government's appeal against a high court judge's ruling that cuts to solar panel subsidies were 'legally flawed'

The case is about the feed-in tariff (FIT) which offers cash payments to households who produce their own electricity at home with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. The government lost its right to appeal against the court's original decision that said ...

Ministers say that if they lose the court case they will fund the higher rate payments for a further three monthsAbout 3,700 homes and businesses could claim a higher rate of subsidies for solar panels after the government on Thursday offered a compromise deal in the row over cuts to the scheme.Although there is a continuing legal battle over the announcement last year that the Department for Energy and Climate Change (Decc) would cut solar feed-in tariff payments by half from 12 December, ministers said that if they lose the legal case they will fund the higher rate payments for any panels installed by 3 March