'A blow to green investment': Property and construction firms slam PM over green policy delays

Cecilia Keating
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'A blow to green investment': Property and construction firms slam PM over green policy delays

Aecom, Arup, Landsec, Grosvenor, and Knight Frank call for 'long-term active policy support' to deliver the green buildings needed to meet net zero goals

More than 110 businesses in the built environment sector have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressing their "serious concern" about the rollback of green policies designed to make homes warmer,...

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