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The Government will only meet its clean energy 2030 or 2050 decarbonised building targets if there is significant new intervention in the UK workforce.
The conclusion was reached by the Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee in a report on its inquiry: Workforce planning to deliver clean secure energy.
It says targeting consumer demand is necessary but not sufficient, and public funding to address the supply of skills directly is needed now.
The Committee calls for ‘local skilled labour’ conditions in Contracts for Difference, an expanded skills passport scheme, a leading role for local authorities, and greater clarity for industry on levies, EPC ratings and the Warm Homes Plan.
The UK needs an estimated 250,000 additional workers just to meet new housing targets, and many more for retrofit. After shocking failures in previous Government-backed retrofit and insulation schemes, the Committee calls for a new, nationally recognised, industry-backed construction and retrofit skills programme.
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