Budget 2021

Chancellor hails net zero as 'innovation strategy' but is criticised for cutting air passenger duty just days before COP26

Government to launch £1.4bn fund to attract more overseas investment in UK economy, with particular focus on electric cars and life sciences

A 'super deduction' for low carbon home heating technologies could have enthused householders and markets alike, argues Seahorse Environmental's Lizzy Roberts

A net zero-focused recovery makes for a stronger recovery, while tightening belts would slow the rebound across the G7, leading economists warn

Just Transition Jobs Tracker details how around one in five UK jobs are likely to be affected either positively or negatively by the net zero transition, further cranking up pressure on government to deliver coherent transition plan

But government rubbishes 'nonsense' claims from two MP committees that UK lacks coordinated net zero strategy and clear outcomes for UN climate summit

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak served up a host of green infrastructure and financial measures, but has kicked many key issues down the road

BusinessGreen's all-you-need-to-know guide to the raft of key green tax and spending pledges in Rishi Sunak's second budget

Today's Budget significantly improves the UK's green investment climate, but it was still a long way short of the comprehensive net zero transition strategy that is so desperately needed

All the reaction from green groups, businesses, political figures to Rishi Sunak's hugely important pandemic-recovery, pre-COP26 Budget announcement