A FLAGSHIP Net Zero plan has been spared ahead of next week’s spending review — to opponents’ dismay.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ensured his £13billion warm homes scheme will not be downgraded after negotiations with the Treasury.
GettyEd Miliband has ensured his £13billion warm homes scheme will not be downgraded[/caption]
Chancellor Rachel Reeves decided not to cut the cash which allows heating upgrades through better insulation, solar panels and heat pumps.
But the move will be a boost to the Reform Party who has vowed to scrap reaching the Net Zero target by 2050.
The party’s deputy leader Richard Tice said: “Net Stupid Zero defeats common sense again, meaning higher bills and higher cost of living.
“Jobs and industries are being destroyed by the month.”
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has already stated that reaching Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050 is “impossible”.
Shadow Cabinet Minister Andrew Bowie added: “Once again it looks like Ed Miliband’s net zero by 2050 zealotry is running this government.
“When vital services like police forces, are facing the squeeze – thanks to Labour’s economic mismanagement – it is shameful Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have kowtowed and decided to splash taxpayer cash on this ideological obsession,
“Kemi Badenoch and I have told the truth about the cost of net zero by 2050. It is shameful Labour are still not prepared to do the same. Families deserve so much better than being punished with higher costs and higher bills.”
Mr Miliband and the Chancellor are understood to have now tied down his department’s spending three-year spending plans, The Telegraph reported.
Any spending cuts would have slowed down the government’s bid to hit Net Zero and also the pledge to bring down energy bills by £300 by the end of the decade.
The Home Office and Angela Rayner’s housing department are still grappling with the Treasury over cash.
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