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Thu 12 Dec 2009Civil servants told to wear more clothes to save energy
CIVIL SERVANTS were asked to use a maximum of one bar on electric heaters and to wear warmer clothing to work to save costs and energy, newly released State documents reveal.
The instruction might sound like a secret addendum to the recent Budget. In fact, it was a money-saving initiative promoted 30 years ago, declassified State papers show.
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