'Risks deterring investment': Green economy reacts to Autumn Statement 2022

BusinessGreen staff
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Business groups and green campaigners are left underwhelmed by an Autumn Statement that promised action on nuclear and energy efficiency, but little else

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today promised to place clean technologies and energy efficiency at the heart of the government's attempts to ensure the looming economic recession facing the UK is as short and...

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