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The Labour Party has pledged to double investment in domestic energy efficiency if it wins the upcoming general election.
In the party’s manifesto, published on 13 June, Labour says it will invest an extra £6.6 bn over the next parliament in energy efficiency measures. This sum would double existing planned government investment, upgrading five million homes.
The manifesto says that Labour, which polls show is currently on course to form the next government, will ensure private rented sector homes meet ‘minimum’ energy efficiency standards by 2030, which it claims would save tenants ‘hundreds of pounds per year’.
The party also pledges that ‘nobody will be forced to rip out their boiler as a result of our plans’.
The Conservative manifesto, published earlier on Tuesday, guarantees no new green levies or charges if the Tories win 4 July election.
And the Tories says they would fund an energy efficiency voucher scheme, for which every household in England would be eligible, to support insulation and solar panel installations.
The Labour government said it would also work with councils and devolved administrations to roll out its Warm Homes Plan offering grants and low interest loans to support investment in insulation and other improvements such as solar panels, batteries and low carbon heating.
The Conservative manifesto, published earlier on 11 June, guarantees no new green levies or charges if the Tories win the 4 July election.
And the Tories says they would fund an energy efficiency voucher scheme, for which every household in England would be eligible, to support insulation and solar panel installations.
The Liberal Democrat manifesto contains a promise to introduce a ten-year emergency upgrade programme to make homes warmer and cheaper to heat. This would entail free insulation and heat pumps for low-income households, while ensuring that all new build homes are zero-carbon.
In its manifesto Reform said it would scrap net zero and remove £10bn of Renewable Energy Subsidies. The party lead by Nigel Farage said it would focus instead on producing more fossil fuels and pledged to fast-track licences of North Sea gas and oil and grant shale gas licences on test sites for two years.
The Green Party meanwhile is aiming for net zero by 2040, which compares to the Conservative and Labour goal of 2050 and the SNP and Lib Dem target of 2045.
