Government urged to overhaul UK's 'regressive' carbon pricing system

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Per-mile road pricing and annual 'carbon budgets' among raft of proposals from think tank Bright Blue to make carbon taxes fair and effective

The UK's current carbon pricing system is "inconsistent, regressive, unclear" and in urgent need of an overhaul in order to put the country on the path towards net zero emissions by 2050, according to...

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