Treasury touts energy efficiency focus of £250m polluter support package

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Climate Change Agreements and promise of consultation raises prospect of tax breaks being linked to environmental performance

It was variously described as a "polluter's charter" and the "death of the greenest government", but George Osborne's commitment to provide up to £250m of financial support to the UK's most polluting industries...

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