Taxation

Tax break expected to form centrepiece of Autumn Statement plans to business investment, alongside £320m in backing for 'high-growth' science and tech firms via new investment vehicles

E3G research suggests majority of both UK manufacturers and the wider public would support the introduction of a carbon boarder adjustment mechanism

Electrified vehicles accounted for 37.6 per cent of all new car registrations in October, but concerns remain that growth in battery electric market is slowing

Environmental factors account for a fifth of hidden agrifood costs but are likely underestimated due to data limitations, UN report warns

New Economic Foundation calls for lower interest rates for green investments in order to save households and businesses billions of pounds a year while supporting the net zero transition

Incentives that drive household energy efficiency improvements can cut carbon and bolster the nation's energy security, writes CEN's Sam Payne

Business group urges Jeremy Hunt to use Autumn Statement to beef up support for green markets and secure investment in areas that will drive sustainable growth

Polling suggests public is broadly supportive of measures that would see fossil fuel revenues channelled towards climate-vulnerable nations

More than 30 road transport sector leaders and environmental campaigners urge government to cut duty on low carbon biofuels

First official data on impact of the UK's Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) finds 40 per cent of plastic manufactured in or imported to UK last year was exempt from the tax