'Doesn't add up to a cleaner, greener future': WWF warns UK Budget is failing net zero test

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Green group claims only fraction of Budget 2021 has been directed towards climate change mitigation policies, as pressure ramps up Chancellor Rishi Sunak to step up support for net zero transition

WWF has today published a new analysis of the Treasury's fiscal plans, warning the UK's most recent Budget "doesn't add up" if the government is to make good on its climate promises. Despite UK government's...

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