Budget 2016: Green Announcements At-a-glance

Madeleine Cuff
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BusinessGreen brings you all the need-to-know information on today's green Budget announcements from George Osborne

Although one would be hard pushed to describe today's budget as a 'green' one, Chancellor George Osborne made plenty of announcements that will affect - directly and indirectly - the fortunes of the UK's...

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