Rachel Reeves

Signatories back open letter calling on Chancellor to move social and environmental levies off electricity bills and into general taxation

Businesses and green groups warn mooted cuts to energy efficiency schemes risk economic damage, increased emissions, and higher bills for households

Rachel Reeves preparing 3p-per-mile EV charge to offset decline in fuel duty revenues, as industry warns proposals would slow adoption and prove 'self-defeating'

Treasury reportedly considering scaling back energy efficiency schemes, as part of efforts to curb energy bills

Leading clean tech investors call on government to deliver reforms that 'show that clean industry is not the enemy of growth'

The government has signalled it wants the Budget to reduce energy bills - reforming the system of green levies should be the obvious mechanism for doing so

Experts warn proposal to remove VAT from energy bills would disproportionately benefit richer households and could result in higher emissions

Workforce 2030: Professionals body CIEEM urges Treasury to invest £650m in ecology skills and projects across UK to restore nature and boost economic growth

Coalition calls for clearer 'price signal' to unlock billions of pounds in private investment, secure hundreds of thousands of jobs, and 'fast track' industrial decarbonisation

Ministers claim amendments to Planning and Infrastructure Bill will accelerate clean energy and housing development, but reforms face resistance from some green groups