Manufacturers urge Chancellor to slash carbon policy costs

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EEF sets out policy wishlist ahead of Chancellor's Autumn Statement next month

The UK's manufacturing industries have called on Chancellor George Osborne to ease the burden of rising energy prices by protecting them from a host of carbon reduction policies. In a blog posting published...

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