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Chancellor preps green taxes for Budget, as row with EU over environmental rules heats up
Chancellor preps green taxes for Budget, as row with EU over environmental rules heats up

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly preparing series of new environmental tax moves in next month's Budget, as Westminster and Brussels draw red lines that are set to spark a major stand-off over green rules

  • Legislation
  • 27 February 2020
Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as Chancellor in shock reshuffle, as Green Budget plans loom
Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as Chancellor in shock reshuffle, as Green Budget plans loom

Javid's shock resignation from the Treasury comes just a month before the Budget, which had been expected to feature a host of green tax and spending announcements

  • Politics
  • 13 February 2020
Green Brexit: What the hell happens now?
Green Brexit: What the hell happens now?

BusinessGreen rounds up the crucial green questions and issues which will need resolving before the UK exits the EU at the end of 2020

  • Policy
  • 31 January 2020
Fears rise among green businesses as Sajid Javid signals Brexit split from EU rules
Fears rise among green businesses as Sajid Javid signals Brexit split from EU rules

Business and environmental groups again warn that move away from EU standards could harm UK environment and green industry progress

  • Policy
  • 20 January 2020
Government to review Air Passenger Duty as part of Flybe rescue plan
Government to review Air Passenger Duty as part of Flybe rescue plan

Treasury promises review of Air Passenger Duty will keep in mind the UK's net zero emission climate change commitments

  • Aviation
  • 15 January 2020
Chancellor promises to 'prioritise' environment in March Budget
Chancellor promises to 'prioritise' environment in March Budget

First Budget under Prime Minister Johnson will focus on environment, raising hopes for net zero action

  • Politics
  • 07 January 2020
Government under fire for 'reneging' on green finance pledge
Government under fire for 'reneging' on green finance pledge

Chancellor fails to include climate change remit in guidance to UK financial regulators, in apparent backtrack on government pledge made this summer

  • Investment
  • 07 November 2019
'Faster, and further': CBI calls for 'decade of climate action'
'Faster, and further': CBI calls for 'decade of climate action'

As government formally launches review of the cost of meeting UK's net zero target, employers' body steps up call for bolder decarbonisation strategy

  • Politics
  • 04 November 2019
Can new EU 'right to repair' product rules 'inspire the rest of the world'?
Can new EU 'right to repair' product rules 'inspire the rest of the world'?

New EU ecodesign rules will require TVs, fridges and dishwashers to be easier to recycle and more energy efficient

  • Energy
  • 01 October 2019
Buses and broadband: Chancellor's green infrastructure push set to be overshadowed by road-building blitz
Buses and broadband: Chancellor's green infrastructure push set to be overshadowed by road-building blitz

Sajid Javid is set to build on flurry of net zero announcements, but critics argue government's new policies do not go far enough

  • Politics
  • 30 September 2019
Was the Spending Round greener than it looked?
Was the Spending Round greener than it looked?

There are positive signals the government is preparing for a decarbonisation drive

  • Politics
  • 05 September 2019
Spending Round: Defra wins funding boost but BEIS nets just £30m for Net Zero
Spending Round: Defra wins funding boost but BEIS nets just £30m for Net Zero

Spending Round was slim pickings for green economy, but did include more cash for greener buses, £30m for Net Zero projects, and more money for air quality and biodiversity

  • Politics
  • 04 September 2019
Government spending plans: The key green takeaways
Government spending plans: The key green takeaways

Chancellor Sajid Javid announces extra funding for Defra and £30m net zero money for BEIS, among a number of green spending plans

  • Policy
  • 04 September 2019
Spending Round: Green economy reacts
Spending Round: Green economy reacts

All the reaction from across the green economy on the government's public spending plans

  • Politics
  • 04 September 2019
How green is the government's Spending Review likely to be?
How green is the government's Spending Review likely to be?

With both a no-deal Brexit and General Election potentially looming, could the Chancellor unveil any green spending tomorrow?

  • Politics
  • 03 September 2019
Double green funding to avert climate breakdown, NGOs tell Chancellor
Double green funding to avert climate breakdown, NGOs tell Chancellor

Ahead of Wednesday's Spending Review, coalition of charities say low-carbon spending must rise rapidly to hit Net Zero target

  • Politics
  • 02 September 2019
Government doubles no deal funding as green concerns escalate
Government doubles no deal funding as green concerns escalate

Treasury announces an extra £2.1bn in Brexit funding is set to be releases, sparking accusations that spending pledges do not add up

  • Policy
  • 01 August 2019
High Court quashes Sajid Javid's rejection of Druridge Bay coal mine
High Court quashes Sajid Javid's rejection of Druridge Bay coal mine

Bank's Mining wins appeal against former Housing and Communities Secretary's rejection of new open cast coal mine on climate grounds

  • Energy
  • 23 November 2018
Gove on climate action: There's 'a lot more we need to do'
Gove on climate action: There's 'a lot more we need to do'

Environment Secretary argues summer heatwave highlights need for bolder climate action, as reports suggest Home Secretary Sajod Javid wants to roll back environmental rules

  • Politics
  • 17 September 2018
James Brokenshire appointed as Housing and Communities Secretary
James Brokenshire appointed as Housing and Communities Secretary

Former Northern Ireland Secretary replaces Sajid Javid at the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government

  • Politics
  • 30 April 2018
Set 2030 zero carbon standard for new homes, construction sector urges
Set 2030 zero carbon standard for new homes, construction sector urges

Letter from 50 construction and property business leaders calls on government to deliver long-term green building policy certainty

  • Buildings
  • 26 March 2018
Druridge Bay: Sajid Javid refuses coal mine planning permission citing climate concerns
Druridge Bay: Sajid Javid refuses coal mine planning permission citing climate concerns

Decision letter confirms that Secretary of State gave "very considerable weight" to greenhouse gas emissions that would result from controversial coal mine

  • Policy
  • 23 March 2018
Government delays decision on controversial Druridge Bay coal mine plans
Government delays decision on controversial Druridge Bay coal mine plans

BREAKING: On the day a long-awaited decision on future of plans for open cast coal mine was expected, government confirms it has deferred the ruling without setting a new deadline

  • Infrastructure
  • 05 March 2018
Druridge Bay: Government urged to reject new coal mine or risk torching green credentials
Druridge Bay: Government urged to reject new coal mine or risk torching green credentials

EXCLUSIVE: Friends of the Earth writes to Communities Secretary Sajid Javid to warn approval for new open cast coal mine would be "entirely at odds with government's coal phase-out policy"

  • Policy
  • 26 February 2018

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