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HM Treasury says consultation on taxing plastic waste received highest ever response rate from businesses and the public, with strong support for measures to cut demand for takeaway containers

Offshore wind, green aerospace innovations, and energy systems among the beneficiaries as Treasury announces fresh funding for UK high-tech hubs

City Minister John Glen's speech to yesterday's Green Finance Summit - in full

Policy Exchange report argues a unified carbon tax in the UK with revenues paid as a dividend to taxpayers could cut emissions and tackle carbon leakage

Chancellor claims new government—funded body will help make the UK a world leader in sustainable finance

NGO Positive Money argues central bank needs new mandate to drive shift away from high carbon investments - or the UK risks missing its climate targets

Why would anyone want regulatory enforcement mechanisms to be weakened, unless they expected to break the law?

Plan for fund combining taxpayers' cash and private investment significantly behind schedule, it has emerged

But concerns raised that owners of hybrid passenger cars will be forced to pay more when changes to eco-friendly car discounts kick in

Is the Treasury a help or hindrance to the green cause, asks Culmer Raphael's Alasdair MacEwen