'Now is not the time to delay': Over 400 businesses urge Prime Minister not to weaken climate policies

James Murray
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Anger over Rishi Sunak’s watering down of net zero policies escalates, as CCC warns announcements are ‘likely to take the UK further away’ from being able to meet its legal emissions targets

Ahead of Rishi Sunak's speech yesterday announcing the watering down of a host of key climate policies, a group of over 400 business leaders wrote to the Prime Minister urging him to reconsider plans to...

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