Reports that Treasury considering scaling back energy efficiency schemes: comment
Comment on report that Treasury considering scaling back energy efficiency schemes
By Jess Ralston
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Commenting on reports in the media that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering cutting funding for more energy efficient homes to pay for a reduction in energy bills [1], Jess Ralston, Head of Energy at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) said:
“The energy efficiency sector has faced chronic underinvestment over more than a decade, with the impacts of this felt by families today, but especially during the gas crisis when bills rocketed.
"Our homes are some of the coldest and dampest in Europe, which has real impacts on health, but also on bills – people living in the least efficient homes are paying hundreds of pounds more every year. And without secure, long-term funding, the industry and jobs within it face more uncertainty and growth may be stifled.
"If the rumours are true, it looks like the Government may be about to pull a move akin to its handling of the Winter Fuel Payment – insulation schemes are focussed on upgrading low income and vulnerable households, so cutting them would impact these people most."
Notes to editors:
1. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/04/chancellor-considers-cut-green-levies-reduce-cost-of-energy-bills-rachel-reeves
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