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Budget to focus on green cars

By Tom Clarke

Updated on 08 April 2009

Gordon Brown will unveil measures to pave the way for the mass introduction of electric cars on the roads.

A greener Britain will be a better Britain according to the prime minister, who says environmentally-friendly measures will be a major focus of this month's budget.

But a green car is only as green as the electricity used to power it.

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