Pressure builds for green budget' package

摘要

At least 20% of the government's fiscal stimulus package - equivalent to a minimum of ￡14.2 billion -should be spent on bringing about a low-carbon and sustainable economic recovery, according to an influential high-level pressure group. In an open letter sent to Chancellor Alistair Darling, the Aldersgate Group, a coalition of agencies, businesses - including Biffa - and individuals such as the London Mayor's waste advisor, Peter Jones, said that green technology should be put "at the heart of the Budget".