Politics

Jeremy Hunt confirms plans to provide £20bn of support for carbon capture projects and deliver small modular reactor funding competition, but Budget address offers little to wider green economy

Jeremy Hunt to use Budget address to ramp up clean energy investment and push back against 'narrative of decline', but campaigners fear government is failing to do enough to lift barriers to green investment

UK risks falling behind in global net zero investment race, but the government still has 'fingers in its ears', according to think tank IPPR

Delivering net zero will require a more radical reimagining of the role of the state than a department reshuffle, writes the Centre for Net Zero's Lucy Yu

Thwarting Scottish bottle recycling scheme would deliver major blow to circular economy, campaigners warn UK government

The US Inflation Reduction Act and the response from the EU and China could mark an historic turning point in the direction of the global economy - the UK has to find a way to respond

Survey conducted by Institute of Directors found eight in 10 businesses want to see more government support for green industry and innovation

The government said it would make it easier to build new onshore wind farms, but as its consultation on changes to the planning regime closes the renewables industry fears nothing has changed

MP urges all parties to out net zero and climate at forefront of UK election campaigns in his speech launching new Mission Zero Coalition

Leading companies warn meeting UK climate goals will require cross-sectoral, cross-government leadership