In a new 10-point plan, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Environment called for a tripling of the budget for the Energy Company Obligation, which mandates that energy suppliers must promote measures to improve the ability of low-income, fuel-poor and vulnerable households to heat their homes.
This includes actions that result in heating savings, such as the installation of insulation or the upgrade of an inefficient heating system. The APPG wants £3bn to be spent on the initiative rather than the £1bn currently allocated for the next three years.
This would allow another 2.1 million households to receive support with energy efficiency measures prior to a potentially dramatic rise in energy prices from next April following recent policy changes made by new chancellor Jeremy Hunt.
The APPG also wants the government to create an Office for Carbon Removal, which would regulate the market for carbon offsetting, such as the use of trees for...