Episode 28: General Election 2019 - Can Labour Save The Planet?

The Green Room: What happens when you put two energy experts in a room and ask them about Labour’s proposed energy policy? We’re getting into election fever this week, talking through the newly announced energy policies of the Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party. What is the ‘Warm Homes For All’ plan, and will it work? Is it just another Green Deal? Subscribe: Itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0mrSwzL... Sticher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/gree... Podbean - https://thegreenage.podbean.com/ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ By 2030, Labour plans to: Cut carbon emissions by 10% – the equivalent of 72% of the emissions of all the cars in the UK. Prevent 1,500 deaths from cold and up to 560,000 cases of asthma due to reduced damp. Bring energy bills of 9.6 million low income households down by an average of £417 per year. Eradicate the vast majority of fuel poverty by the mid-2020s, benefiting the 1.14 million elderly people and one quarter of single parents currently living in fuel poverty. Create an estimated 250,000 skilled jobs in the construction industry like insulation specialists, plasterers, carpenters, electricians, gas engineers, builders and window fitters – with the quality of work and rights at work guaranteed. The investment will generate another 200,000 jobs across the economy. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Read more: Warm Homes for All - https://labour.org.uk/press/warm-home... Am I in Fuel Poverty? - https://www.thegreenage.co.uk/am-i-in... Labour plans to make 27m homes energy efficient - https://www.theguardian.com/global/20...