Exclusive: CBI steps up calls for carbon tax shake-up

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Business group urges ministers to simplify carbon taxation regime by scrapping unpopular CRC

The CBI has again called on the government to scrap the controversial Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) and replace it with a new mandatory emissions reporting regime as well as an expansion of the existing...

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