'It seems odd to have taken this approach': Anger builds over Chancellor's clean energy tax raid

James Murray
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'It seems odd to have taken this approach': Anger builds over Chancellor's clean energy tax raid

Industry groups fear windfall tax on clean energy generators and new taxes for electric vehicles could slow net zero transition

Jeremy Hunt rolled the pitch much more effectively than his predecessor as Chancellor. Tax rises and spending cuts were expected and duly delivered, albeit with many of the spending cuts deferred until...

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