Institute for Government: Green Homes Grant Scheme badly undermined by Whitehall
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Poor coordination across government hampered delivery of Green Homes Grant Scheme, according to IfG
Think tank argues green homes policy hampered by poor delivery, optimistic timetables, and lack of Whitehall coordination
The government must quickly learn lessons from the failure of its flagship green homes upgrade voucher scheme or it will fail to decarbonise the UK s notoriously draughty housing stock, which remains responsible for a sizeable chunk of the country s greenhouse gas emissions.
Departments ‘don’t have resources to design effective net-zero policies’
Institute for Government says ministers must learn lessons from the debacle over the Green Homes Grant cancellation
The award-winning Goldsmith Street low-carbon housing development in Norwich, by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley. Photo: Tim Crocker
01 Apr 2021
Ministers will fail to achieve the government’s goal of making the UK a net-zero carbon-dioxide emissions economy by 2050 unless conflicting departmental priorities on domestic heating policy are resolved and funding is improved, the Institute for Government has said.
The think tank said the “debacle” surrounding last month’s cancellation of the Green Homes Grant – just nine months after its high-profile launch – underscored the need to properly align government energy policy across major departments.