Office for Budget Responsibility
Policy
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
21 September 2023
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8 min read
Investment
Remaining heavily reliant on fossil gas for power and heating poses huge fiscal and economic risk to the UK, warns the Office for Budget Responsibility
14 July 2023
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8 min read
Energy
More ambition, particularly in boosting energy efficiency, could help, explains UCL professor Jim Watson
22 November 2022
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4 min read
Taxation
Office for Budget Responsibility estimates sustained high fossil fuel prices could make the comparative costs of net zero over a third cheaper
08 July 2022
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5 min read
Politics
Government denies reports of differences on Downing Street over how to fund much needed policies to deliver net zero
26 July 2021
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3 min read
Net Zero Now
The Office for Budgetary Responsibility has offered some of the most detailed estimates to date on the costs and savings that would result from decarbonising the UK economy by 2050
07 July 2021
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8 min read
Risk
If global efforts to curb climate change fail the risks posed by migration, extreme weather and conflict will be 'severe' for UK economy, Office for Budget Responsibility warns
18 July 2019
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4 min read
