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The Times & The Sunday Times

Green levies hiked to pay for move to renewable energy

The Times & The Sunday Times
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70% Informative

Taxpayers will contribute more than 14 billion in environmental levies by 2029 to subsidise clean-energy producers.

Institute for Fiscal Studies said the tax was fundamentally raising prices for consumers’ to pay for longer-term projects such as wind farms.

Government said the 3.4 billion would be paid by all energy consumers, including businesses.

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77

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79

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66

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informal

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English

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59

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short-lived

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