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GREEN DEAL OR HOW THE GOV IS PUTTING ITS HAND IN YOUR POCKET

 
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:01 am    Post subject: GREEN DEAL OR HOW THE GOV IS PUTTING ITS HAND IN YOUR POCKET Reply with quote

Top Tories try to torpedo Green Deal
A powerful group of Conservative ministers has launched an attempt to torpedo the coalition�s flagship �green� home improvement scheme in a move which will spark a major new rift with the Liberal Democrats.

Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, is part of the group that want the Government to scrap the whole Green Deal idiot: PA
By Patrick Hennessy, Political Editor
8:30PM BST 14 Apr 2012
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Leading Tories inside and outside the cabinet believe the �14 billion �Green Deal� � due to start in six months� time � must be ditched because it risks leaving key �squeezed middle� voters out of pocket by several thousands of pounds.

Under the Green Deal, millions of householders would be encouraged to install energy-saving home improvements such as loft insulation or cavity wall insulation, with no up-front charge.

The work would be funded with loans of up to �10,000 which would be paid back though a surcharge on household energy bills.

Many ministers have long been sceptical of the scheme, the pet project of Chris Huhne, the Liberal Democrat who resigned as energy secretary to fight a court charge that he perverted the course of justice over a 2003 speeding case.

However, their mood has hardened into outright opposition following revelations this week of a new stealth �conservatory tax� faced by householders, estimated at adding around 10 per cent to the total bill for improvements.

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Under the proposal, those who wanted to extend their homes � or undertake repairs � would be required to sign up to the Green Deal as a condition of gaining planning permission for the work.

The group of ministers � which sees George Osborne, the Chancellor, as its leader � includes two ministers at the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG), Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, and Grant Shapps, the housing minister, as well as Chris Grayling, the employment minister. They want the Government to abandon not just the compulsory �tax� element of the scheme, but the entire Green Deal.

The move puts Tory ministers on a collision course with Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, and Ed Davey, the Lib Dem successor to Mr Huhne at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

The battle comes just weeks before the Queen�s Speech � the announcement of the Government�s legislative plans for the next year � which is currently slated to include at least three energy-related measures.

It also coincides with the build-up to the �Rio+20� Earth Summit in June � a major UN conference which will set a new series of �green� goals for the world economy � which will be attended by Mr Clegg but not, significantly, by David Cameron.

A senior Tory source told The Sunday Telegraph last night: �The Green Deal was Chris Huhne�s baby. He has gone now and this is the right time to kill it off. Forcing people to pay thousands of pounds extra for unwanted home insulation is the last thing hard-pressed families need at the moment. It�s madness.�

Conservative ministers have gone into battle on the issue ahead of local elections across England, Wales and Scotland which could see their party punished by voters after a series of political reverses � including the �granny tax� abolition of some pensioner allowances and accusations that ministers sparked panic buying of fuel over a tanker drivers� strike which had not been called.

This newspaper has also learned, meanwhile, that Mr Osborne and Mr Clegg clashed face to face on the green issue during an ill-tempered Cabinet meeting last month ahead of the Budget.

According to a leading coalition figure the Chancellor �went round the cabinet table� asking individual ministers �what they were doing� to boost economic growth. When he reached Mr Clegg the Deputy Prime Minister is said to have reminded Mr Osborne that Mr Cameron had pledged to lead the �greenest government ever� � enraging the Chancellor.

The Green Deal, which was first unveiled in 2010 and was included in the 2011 Energy Act, is an attempt to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) given off by buildings. It aims to insulate all homes in Britain within 20 years. Householders are able to borrow up to �10,000 and pay back the cost through their energy bills for up to 25 years.

However, DECC has already admitted there is potential for �hassle� from the deal, including new requirements which might �deter building occupiers from carrying out works�.

Last week it emerged that millions of householders looking to build a conservatory, replace a boiler or put in new windows could first have to pay extra for measures such as wall or loft insulation, under new rules which are currently out to consultation.

Experts have also warned that the deal risks causing havoc in the private rented sector � because landlords would be breaking the law if they rented out accommodation which did not meet strict new energy efficiency requirements.

Last week in a speech Mr Clegg set out plans for large subsidies for low-carbon electricity generation to be set out in the Queen�s Speech, on 9 May, including a fixed-price arrangement with generators.

Other measures expected to be included in legislative plans include an �emissions performance standard�, which would limit the amount of C02 a generator could release, and a �capacity mechanism� to ensure that enough electricity can be generated through gas-fired power stations to deal with the �intermittency� of provision by wind farms.

Mr Clegg said reports that householders would have to pay thousands of pounds extra to do �simple things like insulating their homes� were �ludicrous scare stories�.

Britain has one of the world�s toughest carbon reduction commitments � enshrined in the 2008 Climate Change Act � to cuts emissions by 80 per cent within 40 years


Am I the only one who is sick and tired of how we are going to save our planet by cutting down on CO2, its a joke, if the rest of the world doesnt give a hoot about it why should we.
It is a money making scheme thought up by the government to put more taxes onto our backs, you can even trade in it on the markets, which tells you all you need to know.
End this rubbish now and get our people back to work by lowering taxes, throwing out the foreigners who should not be here, getting out of the EU and ending the human rights laws.

Just like the American war of independence, NO MORE TAXES WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, we had best prepare for our war of independence from the blood suckers in the EU and in our own parliament.
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