Environmental groups not convinced by Sunak's 'green growth' budget

Chancellor gave few details about net-zero plans and didn't even mention his flagship policyAnalysis: Sunak digs in for battle against financial cost of CovidBudget 2021: key points at a glanceBudget 2021 live: Sunak to freeze income tax thresholdsThe chancellor of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak, promised a "real commitment to green growth" in his budget, though environmentalists expressed concern about a lack of detail over how that might be achieved.Sunak devoted a scant two minutes of his budget speech to government plans to reach net-zero emissions, pledging ?12bn initial funding to a national infrastructure bank without specifying how much of that spending would go to low-carbon projects, and promising green bonds that could raise ?15bn this year. Continue reading...