Briefing

Why everyone’s getting excited about the new energy efficiency taskforce

By 2022-11-29T12:10:00

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Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to set up a team to drive a programme of energy efficiency improvements to the UK’s buildings, with an ambitious new target. After a series of past blunders, could it actually work this time?

This month’s autumn statement from Jeremy Hunt contained a welcome surprise for the green construction lobby. The chancellor announced that he would provide £6bn in funding for energy efficiency improvements to buildings for three years from 2025. At £2bn a year, it appears to be a significant step up from the £6.6bn already set aside for the course of this five-year parliament, which works out at around £1.3bn a year.

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