Rachel Reeves

Reports heat pump grants are to be cut, and the way the proposed changes have been communicated, will dent confidence across the green economy

Budget could see heat pump funding diverted to efficiency programmes, in a move experts fear would deal major blow to heat decarbonisation efforts

Rachel Reeves reportedly eyeing new limits on how much workers using salary sacrifice schemes can spend on high-spec manual bicycles and e-bikes

Signatories back open letter calling on Chancellor to move social and environmental levies off electricity bills and into general taxation

Businesses and green groups warn mooted cuts to energy efficiency schemes risk economic damage, increased emissions, and higher bills for households

Rachel Reeves preparing 3p-per-mile EV charge to offset decline in fuel duty revenues, as industry warns proposals would slow adoption and prove 'self-defeating'

Treasury reportedly considering scaling back energy efficiency schemes, as part of efforts to curb energy bills

Leading clean tech investors call on government to deliver reforms that 'show that clean industry is not the enemy of growth'

The government has signalled it wants the Budget to reduce energy bills - reforming the system of green levies should be the obvious mechanism for doing so

Experts warn proposal to remove VAT from energy bills would disproportionately benefit richer households and could result in higher emissions