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Clare McNeil, IPPR Senior Research Fellow, said:

"The Government is right that going green mustn't mean going out of business. Energy intensive industries are particularly vulnerable to increases in energy bills but blanket exemptions and handouts are not the answer. We need smarter policies that offer incentives for innovation to reduce the reliance on carbon in industries like steel, cement, paper and pulp, ceramics and glass."

Notes to editors:

The Department for Energy and Climate Change's press release is available here:

http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn12_149/pn12_149.aspx

IPPR's report on low carbon transition is available from:

http://www.ippr.org/images/media/files/publication/2012/06/growingpains-lowcarbontransition-May2012_9183.pdf

Contacts:

Richard Darlington, 07525 481 602, r.darlington@ippr.org