home insulation may not be very *rock n roll* but few experts believe UK can hit its 2050 "net zero carbon" target without huge programme of upgrading draughty old homes:

Boris Johnson delighted green groups in November when his manifesto promised £9.2bn for energy efficiency...

but in the March Budget chancellor Rishi Sunak gave only a vague commitment to “reducing emissions from homes” — with no mention of the original £9.2bn manifesto pledge.

the environmental audit committee has just launched an inquiry to find out what's happened to the policy....

turns out Dominic Cummings is responsible for the deadlock:

he's uninterested in “boring old housing insulation”, sceptical about the 2050 target and has argued for new housing to take the lion’s share of the £9bn capital spending.

@ft story here https://www.ft.com/content/d4035d01-e33e-473a-81ea-93125a69942e

pressure is now growing on Number 10 to accelerate the spending:

Tory MP Philip Dunne who chairs @CommonsEAC says gov is failing to fulfil its manifesto commitment: "Without taking action, we will miss our target to meet net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.”

and @darrenpjones will raise the issue at Beis select committee on Thursday:

“Backtracking on the Conservative manifesto commitment on £9bn of funding to make our buildings more energy efficient would be a clear sign the government *isn’t* committed to the net zero transition.”

Latest:

A coalition of 10 organisations has written to the PM calling for him to keep his word and deliver a mass £9bn rollout of insulation - including the National Housing Federation, Citizens Advice, the Centre for Ageing Better and Greenpeace https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/boris-johnson-calls-nationwide-home-retrofit-scheme-energy-efficient-458849