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Budget 2020: All the green plans at a glance

12 March 2020 • 12 min read

BusinessGreen's all-you-need-to-know guide to the raft of key green tax and spending pledges in Rishi Sunak's first Budget as Chancellor

Coming at a time of acute economic upheaval thanks to the global coronavirus crisis and escalating oil price war - not to mention the rolling climate emergency and crucial UN climate summit in Glasgow...

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