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Rishi Sunak scraps home energy efficiency taskforce (www.bbc.com)

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The prime minister has now pledged to scrap policies that would force landlords to upgrade energy efficiency in their homes, after pressure from landlords about the costs of doing so, but said the government would "encourage" households to carry out the work.

"This appears to be yet another U-turn that could lead to higher bills just like the prime minister's decision last week to roll back landlord insulation standards that could leave renters paying an additional £8bn on energy bills," energy analyst Jess Ralston at non-profit group the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit says. The UK is often described as having some of the oldest and least energy efficient housing in Europe.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Labour's shadow net zero secretary Ed Miliband said: "Every family is paying the price in higher energy bills due to 13 years of Tory failure on insulating homes.

"After Rishi Sunak's track record as chancellor with the disastrous Green Homes Grant, this is another short-sighted decision that will cost families money."

This year a BBC investigation found six out of 10 recently inspected UK rental homes failed to meet a proposed new standard for energy efficiency.

Energy analyst Jess Ralston told the BBC that the "gas boiler and petrol car phase-out weren't set to have any impact on cost of living for struggling families for more than a decade".

"Insulation programmes could have a more immediate impact, yet the prime minister ditched that policy last week and now the government seems to be turning its back on experts and ideas that could help boost energy efficiency," she said.

"Experts like Citizen's Advice are clear if you want to bring down bills you do energy efficiency, you help people to stop wasting heat through rooves, windows and walls."

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