Green Budget prospects - What might the Treasury say?

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RenewableUK's Dr Gordon Edge considers how this week's Budget announcement could affect clean energy funding

In all the frenzy about Brexit, one can be forgiven for forgetting there is a rather important political/economic date imminent - the Budget. Given the apparent takeover of energy policy by the Treasury,...

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