Rishi Sunak scraps home energy efficiency taskforce

London, UK – responding to news that the UK government has scrapped the energy efficiency taskforce, Georgia Whittaker, Climate Campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said: “This is a deeply cynical decision from a Prime Minister who just days ago claimed to be all about fairness. Yet again, it is the poorest who will be hit hardest by Rishi Sunak’s desperate attempt to turn net zero into a culture war that nobody in the country is asking for – the overwhelming majority of voters back government financial support towards the cost of insulating homes.

The UK has the leakiest buildings in Western Europe and average household energy bills are double what they were in 2020. The government’s own fuel poverty strategy explicitly recognises that energy efficiency reduces fuel poverty, making Sunak’s decision to scrap the task force even more obscene. Sunak’s net zero flip flopping has seen his personal polling plummet to record lows. This decision will do nothing to reassure voters that this government is serious about the future of this country.”