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Budget 2021: All the green announcements at a glance

03 March 2021 • 9 min read

BusinessGreen's all-you-need-to-know guide to the raft of key green tax and spending pledges in Rishi Sunak's second budget

In his Budget address to Parliament this afternoon, Chancellor Rishi Sunak waxed lyrical about a future where the UK's old industrial centres are transformed into clean energy powerhouses that provide...

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