GMB Union has criticised the Government’s warm home plan, announced today [Tuesday].
Andy Prendergast, GMB National Secretary, said:
“This is exactly the kind of muddle-headed top down bureaucracy that gives the green transition a bad name.
“We will never hit net zero in the country if Ministers don’t listen to the voices of the people who work in energy, keeping our lights on and our homes warm.
“Handing out massive heat pump subsidies to a sceptical public doesn’t work - but the Government seems hell bent on doubling down.
“The idea that we will deploy more than one and a half million heat pumps a year within a decade is a fantasy; we don’t have the supply chains, skills or public appetite.
“This is money that could have been spent decarbonising a popular, successful gas network.
“Instead we are throwing good money after bad to a public who don’t want what DESNEZ is selling.”
