'Pace of delivery must be relentless': CBI issues net zero warning to government

Michael Holder
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Business lobby group chief Tony Danker ramps up rhetoric demanding government deliver raft of missing net zero policy on heating, hydrogen and transport

Britain's biggest business group, the CBI, is yet again urging the government to "fill in the blanks" in the UK's net zero policy landscape, warning the country remains far off-track to deliver on its...

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