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Chancellor Philip Hammond | Credit: Chris J Ratcliffe/PA Wire/PA Images
But 'latte levy' proposals are rejected and Budget speech ignores clean energy and climate action
Chancellor Philip Hammond has confirmed the government is to introduce a new tax on plastic packaging as it looks to step up efforts to tackle the scourge of plastic waste. In a Budget address that...
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