Chancellor urged to scrap EV 'pavement tax', boost energy efficiency spending

James Murray
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Jeremy Hunt faces fresh call to cut VAT on public EV chargers and pull forward £6bn energy efficiency programme

The Treasury is this week facing further calls to use the upcoming Spring Budget to significantly strengthen the government's Net Zero Strategy on multiple fronts, amid growing fears the UK's competitiveness...

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