What the budget says about green priorities

By Alan Fogarty 2021-03-08T06:00:00

The big disappointment was the absence of a national retrofit programme, says Alan Fogarty

The government’s latest budget included a lot of promising green statements, with buzz words like carbon capture and offshore wind, but ultimately under delivered on solid commitment to funding for sustainable initiatives for the built environment.

Most disappointing was the absence of a national retrofit programme, which if included, would have signalled a significant move toward reaching the UK’s ambitious goal of achieving net zero carbon by 2050.

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