Budget 2018: Hammond confirms plastic tax to 'transform economics of sustainable packaging'
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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