Whilst others are busy comparing competing views on the coalition’s environmental record after Chris Huhne’s speech on the Green Deal at the LSE on Tuesday, all the papers – The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian – seemed to miss a significant aspect of the story behind the climate change and energy secretary’s speech.
It would be all too easy for the Government to choose to do nothing in the face of a vocal minority; something which will only lead to the Green Deal failing.
Nick Clegg spoke exclusively to Left Foot Forward today. He described the Liberal Democrats’ new wind farm pledge as a “shot in the arm” for a green recovery.
The apparent depiction by Cameron of the £6,500 loan as a grant is either a serious misunderstanding or disingenuous politics; this is a debt, is not a grant.
The Tory plans, unveiled today, do not go far enough to tackle the housing problems in our country.
