Opportunities to revive the UK’s flagging economy by boosting green industry were missed in one of the least green budgets of recent years, experts have…
View More Budget fell far short on UK green investment, experts sayTag: Green economy
UK’s net zero economy grew 9% in 2023, report finds
The UK’s net zero economy grew by 9% in 2023, a report has revealed, in stark contrast to the 0.1% growth seen in the economy…
View More UK’s net zero economy grew 9% in 2023, report findsStop looking for loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels ‘just one option’
Governments must not try to pick loopholes in the global agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels reached last December, the UN’s climate chief has…
View More Stop looking for loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels ‘just one option’UK risks steep decline without £28bn green economy pledge, Labour warned
Labour’s proposed investment of £28bn a year in the low-carbon economy is an absolute minimum, a leading business figure has said, adding that without green…
View More UK risks steep decline without £28bn green economy pledge, Labour warnedTo get to net zero, we may have to sell off the UK’s future
If Labour forms the next government, as polls suggest, it must provide the private sector with the kind of incentives that will lift investment in…
View More To get to net zero, we may have to sell off the UK’s futureUK should invest in green economy instead of tax giveaways, Lstudy shows
The UK should invest £26bn a year in a low-carbon economy to revive prosperity instead of planning tax giveaways that will only lead to further…
View More UK should invest in green economy instead of tax giveaways, Lstudy shows‘We’re facing a critical shortage’: why UK’s green revolution urgently needs skilled workers
In recent years, Britain has been busy setting up the scaffolding of the country’s future low-carbon economy. But beyond the Westminster pledges and white papers…
View More ‘We’re facing a critical shortage’: why UK’s green revolution urgently needs skilled workersGreener electric car batteries among Prince William’s £1m Earthshot winners
Scientists who developed a cleaner and more sustainable way to make batteries for electric cars were among the winners of this year’s Prince of Wales’s…
View More Greener electric car batteries among Prince William’s £1m Earthshot winnersUK must offer businesses certainty over green energy, says boss of FTSE 100 firm
The UK risks seeing its manufacturing sector fall behind rival economies if the government does not offer certainty over policies on shifting to green energy,…
View More UK must offer businesses certainty over green energy, says boss of FTSE 100 firmBusiness chiefs who criticised Labour in 2015 turn on Sunak after green U-turn
Business leaders who warned against Ed Miliband in 2015 have now turned on Rishi Sunak, criticising the prime minister’s plans to roll back net zero…
View More Business chiefs who criticised Labour in 2015 turn on Sunak after green U-turn