Businesses urge Osborne to set power sector carbon target

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Commitment to limit emissions from 2030 would provide investor with certainty and help meet carbon targets

Over 50 of the UK's largest companies and industry bodies will today call on the government to set a 2030 carbon intensity target for the power sector or miss out on millions of pounds of export revenue....

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