Campaigners urge chancellor to scrap spending on ‘fairytale’ carbon capture

Chris Packham among voices calling on Treasury to scale back £24bn for ‘national embarrassment’ projects in budget Campaigners are calling on the chancellor to cut the government’s £24bn spending plans for “fairytale” carbon capture technologies in favour of funding green schemes that can reliably cut emissions and lower energy bills.

Environmentalist Chris Packham is leading an 11th-hour appeal for the Treasury to use this week’s budget to…