"the fall in fuel duty leaves motorists vulnerable to oil price rises in the long term because it fails to encourage investment in electric cars"

Budget: Green bank and carbon levy not enough to tackle climate change - Telegraph

There was also disappointment at plans to water down plans to make all homes carbon neutral by 2016. In an effort to cut red tape “zero carbon” homes will not include the electricity used for plug-in appliances.

Green transport campaigners said the fall in fuel duty leaves motorists vulnerable to oil price rises in the long term because it fails to encourage investment in electric cars.

Wildlife groups are disappointed that the Government has refused to tax peat compost, which is blamed for destroying habitat and driving climate change.