How eco-friendly was last week's budget - and what will the impact be?

announcements are coming under increased scrutiny.

Friends Of The Earth’s head of policy, Mike Childs, says the Budget announcement was ‘shockingly bad’ and did little to demonstrate that the Government recognises the enormity of the climate crisis. The Treasury argues that the Budget and Spending Review, combined with the net-zero strategy, keeps the UK on track for its climate targets, with the help of £30billion investment.

‘Duty for all flights should have been increased or, even better, replaced with a frequent flyers levy, aimed at curbing multiple flights taken by a minority of people each year,’ he adds.The fuel duty rise has been frozen for the 12th consecutive year but this does nothing to tackle emissions. The tax has remained at a rate of 57.95 pence per litre, plus VAT, since 2011.

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