Clean Growth Strategy: The green economy wishlist

Michael Holder
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The government's long-awaited strategy setting out how the UK will meet its carbon budget is due this autumn - what do green sectors want to see make the cut?

Just where is the Clean Growth Plan? The green economy has been teased with several briefings over the past year suggesting it was imminent, but at the time of writing the government continues to work...

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