Chancellor: 'This will be a green recovery with concern for the environment at its heart'

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Chancellor: 'This will be a green recovery with concern for the environment at its heart'

Rishi Sunak confirms £3bn energy efficiency programme and promises to deliver green recovery, but fails to deliver wider stimulus measures

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has again reiterated the government's commitment to engineering a "green recovery", confirming plans for a new £3bn energy efficiency programme and promising that the UK's stimulus...

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