'Catastrophe' or 'nothingburger': How will Sunak's weakening of UK climate policy effect the green economy?

James Murray
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'Catastrophe' or 'nothingburger': How will Sunak's weakening of UK climate policy effect the green economy?

As the dust settles on the Prime Minister’s shock decision to ditch a host of key decarbonisation policies, green businesses are weighing the impact of the government's latest U-turns

Rarely has the business community and the environmental movement been so united. The criticism of Rishi Sunak's shock decision to rollback a host of key decarbonisation policies came from trade bodies...

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