Rishi Sunak ‘failing to spot growth benefits of greening the economy’

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says UK could fall behind in global race to exploit opportunities from tackling climate crisis

Rishi Sunak's failure to spot the growth potential from greening the economy means Britain risks losing out in the global race to exploit the opportunities from tackling the climate crisis, the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said.

Interviewed ahead of Wednesday's budget, Reeves said it was clear the chancellor was quite a sceptic" both about the climate threat and the ability of government to do anything to meet the challenges ahead.