Spring Budget: Government to issue further £10bn of green gilts

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Follows launch of UK's first green gilt in September 2021, which at the time marked largest inaugural green issuance by any sovereign state

The Treasury has announced plans to issue a further £10bn of green gilts in 2023-24 in its Spring Budget today. The UK's first green gilt was issued in September 2021 as part of the government's green...

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