UK ministers scrap energy efficiency taskforce after six months

Group tasked with overseeing initiative to insulate homes and upgrade boilers was only set up in March'The worst kind of culture war': Tories attack Rishi Sunak's reversal on net zeroThe government's energy efficiency taskforce, charged with reducing the UK's energy use by 15% by 2030, has been scrapped months after it was established.The group, which was overseeing an initiative to insulate homes and upgrade boilers, was announced by the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, in his autumn statement last year as part of plans to boost investment in energy efficiency. Continue reading...