'Go for growth': CBI urges Treasury to leverage autumn spending review to drive net zero

Cecilia Keating
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak and CBI Director-General Tony Danker in December 2020 | Credit: Treasury
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak and CBI Director-General Tony Danker in December 2020 | Credit: Treasury

Budget planned for late October could put UK at front of a global race for green technologies, according to business group

Britain's largest business group has urged the government to use the upcoming spending review to unlock a "wall of investment" that can drive the UK's net zero transition and level up regional inequalities....

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