'We need a real commitment to green growth': The green economy reacts to the Budget

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The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is under pressure to use the Budget to deliver a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis
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The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is under pressure to use the Budget to deliver a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis

All the reaction from green groups, businesses, political figures to Rishi Sunak's hugely important pandemic-recovery, pre-COP26 Budget announcement

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today unveiled arguably the most important Budget in at least a decade, featuring a raft of policies, tax incentives and funding pledges aimed at supporting the UK economy amid...

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