UK urged to ‘level up’ on subsiding green tech to match US and EU

Boss of packaging firm DS Smith calls for clarity on government’s long-term plans to decarbonise energy

The UK should “level up” its investment in green technologies to match the US and the EU, according to the chief executive of FTSE 100 packaging company DS Smith.

Speaking just days before the chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget, Miles Roberts said the UK government needed to give a clear signal of its long-term plans particularly for low-carbon power generation.