Budget 2020
Green Budget? Treasury reportedly considering fuel duty hike
The Sun reports that Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering a 5p a litre increase in fuel duty, as he seeks to improve public finances in wake of the coronavirus crisis
Green battle lines drawn over road and aviation industry bailouts
Civil society, researchers, and business leaders argue that multi-million pound transport industry bailouts must come with climate-friendly conditions attached
Government pledges £2bn export finance for overseas 'clean growth' projects
Move follows criticism from MPs over levels of support UK Export Finance has given to fossil fuel projects in low and middle income countries in recent years
Budget 2020: All the green plans at a glance
BusinessGreen's all-you-need-to-know guide to the raft of key green tax and spending pledges in Rishi Sunak's first Budget as Chancellor
Rishi Sunak's first Budget provides a down payment on a net zero future
Critics are right to highlight the many gaps in the government's climate plans, but the Budget needs to be seen as part of an evolving and genuinely ambitious strategy
Budget 2020: The green economy reacts
BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction to Rishi Sunak's tax and spending plans from green businesses, politicians, think tanks and academics
Budget: Chancellor promises green R&D and infrastructure blitz
Funding for CCS, flood defences, and nuclear fusion to the fore in coronavirus stimulus Budget, but continued fuel duty freeze angers environmental campaigners
Nuclear power can deliver a 'levelled-up' green economy - with the right support from government
Sue Ferns of trade union Prospect argues the government can help ensure nuclear power provides a vital plank in the net zero transition
Coronavirus fears, oil price slumps, and net zero pressures: Calls grow for green Budget stimulus
The Johnson administration has promised to put the environment at the heart of its first Budget, but will escalating economic woes curb its green ambitions?
Only new fiscal rules will avoid a Budget carbon COP out
The Treasury should set in stone a new fiscal rule for an annually-increasing carbon price in the UK, argues SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies
Reports: Government to delay National Infrastructure Strategy to beef up net zero plans
BBC reports that court ruling over Heathrow planning approval may require government to modify imminent National Infrastructure Strategy
Chancellor promises to 'prioritise' environment in March Budget
First Budget under Prime Minister Johnson will focus on environment, raising hopes for net zero action
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