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The Labour Party's top renewable energy donor has slammed Ed Miliband's heat pump scheme as a "massive mistake and waste of money".

Dale Vince, green energy industrialist and owner of the electricity company Ecotricity, called the idea an "absurd use of public money."

He has donated £6.3 million to the Labour Party , but questioned "why are we giving subsidies for people who are relatively well off?"

He said: "I don’t understand the obsession. You’re probably in energy poverty or in low income, the last thing you need is something that’s really expensive to run and makes your house colder. Why are we giving subsidies for people who are relatively well off?

"Meanwhile, we maintain the two child benefit cap for people who can’t feed themselves. Why are we giving subsidies f

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