Business chief warns PM is failing on green growth

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [View online]( December 05, 2022 [Morning Headlines]( 1 / [Rishi Sunak’s government ‘going backwards’ on green growth, CBI chief warns]( The head of Britain’s biggest business organisation has warned that the government is “going backwards” on the green growth agenda which provides the best opportunity to lift the country out of recession over the coming years. Tony Danker, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said that businesses were “confused and disappointed” over the failure of Rishi Sunak’s government to foster green growth measures such as lifting the ban on onshore wind farms in England – a move that has divided the party – and making the City of London a global centre for sustainable finance. Mr Danker’s warning comes as the group released a sombre analysis of the outlook for the UK’s economy, sharply cutting forecasts for growth and predicting that productivity and business investment will remain below pre-Covid trends until the end of 2024.   2 / [England stroll into World Cup quarter-finals on night where previous sides may have buckled]( Gareth Southgate’s side set up a blockbuster clash with France 3 / [Channel crossing plans backed by Suella Braverman condemned as ‘harsh' and 'unworkable']( Home secretary says she will do ‘whatever it takes’ to stop crossings 4 / [Christmas rail strikes set to go ahead after RMT rejects offer]( Deal contingent on reforms including ticket office closures 5 / [Boy, 12, dies from Strep A infection as parents warned to be vigilant]( Lewisham boy latest to fall victim to bacterial illness after a spike in cases     The Big Question Has the royal family reinvented the royal family? There’s a photo taken a few years ago, in slightly happier times, of the then Prince Charles, Camilla, Harry and Meghan, Wills and Kate, and the grandchildren. Camilla is pointing at the camera, and little Princess Charlotte is giggling. [Prince George]( is on his grandad’s knee. It’s all very sweet, and falls cosily into a long line of such portraiture. It also strikes one in a different way, though, because, to the casual or younger observer, it looks very much like Camilla is the matriarch in the image. To those who can remember her, it feels like [Diana]( “should” be there, but of course, she cannot be. It didn’t need to be a conscious act of usurping her, and no doubt Camilla dotes on them all, but it was a manifestation of something the royals are good at – reinventing themselves and, if you will, re-idealising themselves as an idealised family. Looking again at the picture, the obvious next step has already been taken by the Sussexes and the palace collectively, which is to concentrate public duties and attention on the King and the Prince of Wales’s families, with Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, doing a bit more to make up for the loss of Harry, Meghan and,[in disgrace, Prince Andrew](. Likely for the rest of the reign, the Super Seven adults and the three kids will be the functional [royal family]( – with just the three divorces between them. [For the full story click here >](   Enjoying this newsletter? Unlock unlimited, ad-free reading on the website and in The Independent app when you subscribe – plus, benefit from our [welcome offer when you join today](. 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