Reacting to the spending review announced by the Chancellor on Wednesday (26 June), Charlotte Morton, chief executive of ADBA, said the review left questions unanswered and criticised the lack of commitment to green energy. She accused the Chancellor of reneging on commitments to the environment and supporters of renewable energy.

She said, "If the Chancellor is serious about growth, he will embrace green. All the evidence shows low-carbon industries and technologies [are] growing despite the wider economic malaise, and business groups such as the CBI have been clear about the opportunity which exists not only to provide domestic growth and jobs, but to build the infrastructure and expertise which will bring export markets for UK technology. The AD industry alone has grown 46% in the past year."

Morton continued, "Renewable energy needs full-throated support. The Chancellor said that he would 'provide the certainty [energy] investors are crying out for', but the postponement of a 2030 decarbonisation target in the Energy Bill and uncertainty on Feed in Tariff budgets are symptomatic of failure on this to date. If Mr Osborne fails to fulfil his promise it is jobs and growth which will suffer as a consequence."

The Department for Energy and Climate Change suffered cuts of 8 percent in the review.