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Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021: The green economy reacts

Business Green

There were notable fresh announcements regarding business rates relief for green technology investments, £1.7bn funding for a new nuclear power plant this Parliament, and fresh funding for skills, but these were counterbalanced by a hike in Air Passenger Duty and yet another freeze in fuel duty.

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The Net Zero Strategy: The Reaction

Business Green

Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) acting director Sepi Golzari-Munro said: "This strategy is an economic and political plan as well as a climate one. What's more, by focusing on technologies like nuclear power - which cannot supply the clean power we need in time - the natural environment will be put at further risk.".