Budget 2011: Osborne poised to ditch CCS levy

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FT reports suggest budget will scrap plans for carbon capture levy in favour of electricity market reforms

Chancellor George Osborne is tomorrow expected to confirm that plans for a new levy on energy bills that should help fund three carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects will be ditched. According to...

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