Disappointment as no more Green Deal incentives appear in Osborne鈥檚 announcement

The UK Green 黑洞社区 Council has described chancellor George Osborne鈥檚 autumn statement as a 鈥渕issed opportunity鈥�.

While the UK-GBC welcomed confirmation of a 拢200m investment to drive take up of the Green Deal, it noted that there were no further incentives for the retrofitting scheme in the autumn statement.

Paul King, chief executive of UK-GBC, said Osborne had failed to provide a coherent strategy for making Britain more sustainable.

King said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e kidding ourselves if we think George Osborne has seen the light.

鈥淩eferences to sustainability in the National Infrastructure Plan don鈥檛 seem to be part of any kind of overarching strategy.

鈥淭his was an opportunity missed to put green growth and green jobs at the heart of economic recovery.

But King welcomed confirmation of the Green Deal investment: 鈥淏uried in the autumn report is confirmation that government is committing 拢200m over two years to incentivise take up of the Green Deal.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 great news and a huge victory for DECC, although we still have to wait until next year for the detail.鈥�

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