10 green policies for Philip Hammond's first Autumn Statement, and beyond

James Murray
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Green businesses will be keen to see some low carbon policy foundations laid ahead of next year's crucial budget

There is a certain symbolic potency to Philip Hammond's first major Commons set piece as Chancellor coming in the same week as the first major storm of the winter. As Storm Angus battered the country...

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