Labour’s Pre-Budget Report has outlined a series of green measures the government will take to assist the move towards a low carbon economy.
These include support for carbon capture and storage, increased investment in low-carbon schemes, tax breaks to promote electric cars and domestic renewable energy schemes and capital allowance for electric vans.
Green highlights of the Pre-Budget Report include:
- A doubling in government commitment and finance for carbon capture and storage demonstration projects
- £160m investment in low-carbon and renewable projects
- Additional £200m for energy efficiency schemes, with extra 75,000 households helped by the warm front scheme - Tax rebate for installation of wind turbines and solar panels
- New scrappage scheme to help up to 125,000 homes replace inefficient boilers, and changes to be made to the climate change levy, company car tax and fuel benefit charge.
Read the Pre-Budget Report
- Mark Robertson
Thursday, 10 December 2009
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