If public-sector workers cannot afford to live in the south-east of England, then the government should be changing pay scales that currently discriminateinfavourof public sector workers in cheap bits of the country and against those in expensive bits, rather than reintroducing something that once looked like a boon to the poor and turned out to be a shackle.
On the contrary, present policies, including taxes and safety regulations, are creating incentives in the market for energy that discriminate against fuel cells and infavourof traditional fossil fuels.