CBI calls on Chancellor to use Autumn Statement to boost clean energy investment

Business group says key policy decisions on Contracts for Difference and the Levy Control Framework are vital to driving low-carbon investment in post-Brexit Britain

Madeleine Cuff
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The CBI has become the latest high profile business group to call on Chancellor Philip Hammond to reassure clean energy investors in the UK by delivering a long-term and stable policy environment through...

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