Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, has decided to scrap the home energy efficiency taskforce that his government established six months ago. 

The group was set up by Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, to boost uptake of insulation and boiler upgrades, with a view towards reducing the country’s energy use by 15 per cent in the next seven years.

The taskforce’s members included leading experts such as the chair of the National Infrastructure Commission Sir John Armitt. The group was chaired by the energy efficiency minister Lord Callanan and Dame Alison Rose, former chief executive of NatWest. However, Rose resigned from the position – and her role within the bank – in July following a row over the closure of Nigel Farage's account. 

Since its founding in March, the group met four times but was yet to make any formal recommendations. In a letter seen by the BBC, Lord Callanan told the group its work would be “streamlined” into ongoing government activity

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