Pre-Budget Report extends renewables incentives and offers new money for energy efficiency and rail, but critics claim it falls well short of "green new deal"
The chancellor Alistair Darling has today resisted calls from some of his cabinet colleagues to launch a "green new deal" as part of his Pre-Budget Report to help stimulate the economy, but has pledged...
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