Climate risk rules, plastic taxes, and heat pump grants: Businesses face April deluge of new green policies

Cecilia Keating
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The UK has pledged eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042 | Credit: iStock
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The UK has pledged eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042 | Credit: iStock

A string of policy reforms, tax tweaks, and grant schemes designed to support the green economy have come into effect in the UK this month, all of which could play a sizeable role in accelerating the development of a greener economy

Today has been dubbed 'April cruel day' by The Daily Mirror as households experience a 54 per cent increase in energy bills on the same day as hikes to National Insurance payments and council taxes came...

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