Autumn Budget 2021: UK budget 'good news' for startups but criticised for lack of green investment

Investors receive “little comfort” from Sunak

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Despite being widely welcomed by the investment industry, and hailed as “good news” for UK startups, Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Autumn budget, published on Wednesday 27 October, has come under criticism for not allocating enough money for the “looming” green transition.

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