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A group of nearly 50 organisations representing finance, fuel poverty, local authorities, academia, retrofit, manufacturing and civil society have written to the Prime Minister to fund new energy efficiency support with new public spending commitments, rather than by diverting much-needed funding from schemes supporting critical energy-saving measures for public buildings like schools and hospitals.

While the groups warmly support a well-designed “ECO Plus” scheme for those at risk of fuel poverty, they warn against removing money from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) or other existing green homes budgets (such as the Boiler Upgrade Scheme), as was suggested might be the case in recent media coverage.

Schools and hospitals are facing soaring energy bills that damage their ability to deliver vital public services. The NHS’ energy bill is predicted to more than double this year to £1.2bn. Cutting phase 3B of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, as is reportedly being considered, could cost the NHS £519m in lost funding, directly undermining hospitals’ ability to tackle their rising energy costs and put more money back into patient care.

Read the letter here.

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