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The Committee on Fuel Poverty has announced the launch of its latest research project, in collaboration with Carbon Trust.

DESNZ has opened a consultation on the Technical Standards for Heat Networks.

The Government has published terms of reference for its Warm Homes Plan Workforce Taskforce, a partnership between itself, trade unions, local government, business and civil society that provides strategic leadership to support delivery of the plan.

The Government has now published its long-awaited Warm Homes Plan, setting out a major programme of investment and reform aimed at tackling high energy bills, improving home comfort and addressing fuel poverty across all housing tenures.

New consumer protection rules will be formally launched on January 27th to allow Ofgem to begin regulating heat networks in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

The Government will only meet its clean energy 2030 or 2050 decarbonised building targets if there is significant new intervention in the UK workforce.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the abandonment of ECO and GBIS in the Budget, saying the costs of the schemes are not sustainable.

The Scottish Government will not introduce a Heat in Buildings Bill in the current session of the Scottish Parliament, following delays to the UK Government’s Warm Homes Plan and lack of clarity on cost of energy bills.

The government has published a ‘toolkit’ for its ‘Make things right’ campaign to ensure those living in social housing who have issues with their home know their rights, know how to complain, and feel empowered in the knowledge that their voice will be heard

Awaab’s Law is now in force for the social rented sector and social landlords will have to address all emergency hazards and all damp and mould hazards that present a significant risk of harm to tenants to fixed timeframes.

The Committee on Fuel Poverty has published research to understand whether there was a hidden inequality in the ECO Installations programme, focusing on ethnicity in England.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has appointed Professor Emily Shuckburgh to the role of Chief Scientific Adviser

The government is seeking views on strengthening the role and powers of the Energy Ombudsman in the retail energy market to ensure that consumers have access to fairer and faster redress.

The government has published its first-ever national workforce planto recruit and train the people needed for the UK’s clean energy transition, forecasting the creation of more than 400,000 additional jobs by 2030.

The Energy Efficiency Association’s Scotland Conference, held in Edinburgh on 8 October, brought together a wide range of speakers and delegates to explore the future of home energy efficiency.