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CBI comments on Government figures showing UK’s climate change policies costing energy intensives dear

The CBI commented on a report published by the Department for Business, comparing the UK’s energy costs with other countries.

It confirms that the UK’s energy and climate change policies add more to energy intensive industries’ electricity costs than in any other country in the study.

Katja Hall, CBI Chief Policy Director, said:

“These figures should come as a wake-up call to the Government - the welcome support for energy intensives announced last year simply won’t go far enough. It must help those companies most at risk from higher energy costs, and make provisions for them in its forthcoming Energy Bill.

“These are the companies which produce the materials we need to build technologies, like wind turbines, that will help the UK make the transition to a low-carbon economy.

“We do not need to choose between going green and going for growth and, if we get our policies right, all parts of the economy can benefit from doing more green business.”

The CBI’s recent report, The colour of growth: maximising the potential of green business is attached.

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