Caroline has slammed the Government over plans to cut key climate and energy schemes.

She said:

“David Cameron had the audacity to again call his government the ‘greenest ever’ today – at the very same time as he takes a wrecking ball to key climate and energy policies.” [1]

“This week has seen crucial climate and energy policies in the firing line as the Government pursues its myopic and reckless austerity agenda.

“The fact is that the Green Deal never did enough to roll out the home energy efficiency schemes this country desperately needs. But the Government’s rhetoric – which suggests that cancelling the scheme is good for taxpayers – is deeply flawed.

"The Government should be putting home energy efficiency at the very top of its infrastructure priorities – not cutting away at the schemes already in place. We need an ambitious energy efficiency programme for lower bills, decent jobs and to stand any chance of meeting our climate targets.

“This is the second retrograde announcement on energy policy to happen during recess – hot on the heels of the solar subsidy cuts. It’s a scandal that Ministers are evading parliamentary scrutiny in such a cowardly fashion.” 

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[1] http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/David-Cameron-says-Government-8216-g...