Jackson believes the package should have included much stronger signals that the UK is serious about renewable energy. "This was a unique opportunity to restructure investment towards a more sustainable economy," he says. "The government must rethink its commitment to a green stimulus package that will be worthy of the name." Most of the £535m that has been allocated to green projects is not even new money, but has simply been brought forward from next year's budget - meaning that it will be offset by spending cuts in future years.
Auditors claim green stimulus package 'lacks coherence'
The £535m ($758m) chunk of the UK's economic stimulus package earmarked for green projects lacks coherence and will do little to de-carbonise Britain's economy, according to a government oversight committee.
19 March 2009 23:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 9:07 GMT
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