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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Sunak’s government ‘going backwards’ on green economy, says CBI

The CBI’s director general, Tony Danker (left), and the prime minister, Rishi Sunak.
The CBI’s director general, Tony Danker (left), and the prime minister, Rishi Sunak. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Rishi Sunak’s government is “going backwards” on building a greener economy and lacks a growth plan to soften the blow from recession, the head of the UK’s leading business lobby group has said.

Tony Danker, the director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said the prime minister’s lack of ambition for the low-carbon economy was leaving business bosses “confused and disappointed” after the progress made under Boris Johnson.

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