Brown resists renewable energy spending hike - FT
Date: 13-Feb-03
Country: UK
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Patricia Hewitt and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Margaret Beckett will lobby the Treasury for hundreds of millions of pounds for renewable energy and energy saving measures, the paper reported.
The FT quoted one industry insider as saying Brown was "very reluctant" to agree to the spending hike before the 2002 spending review agreement for departments ends in 2006.
The Treasury told the paper it was not blocking progress on energy policy, which will be linked to targets on greenhouse gas cuts.
