Labour’s Shadow Minister for Climate
Change, Luciana Berger MP, has said: “The Green Deal was billed as the
biggest home improvements programme since the Second World War. But these figures show the scheme is still
struggling to get off the ground.
“Just one Green Deal plan has gone live and only 132 people
have signed on the dotted line for a package so far. The fact that over 99% of people who had a
Green Deal assessment didn’t want to take out a package should be a wake-up
call for the Government.
“It is not good enough for Ministers to shrug their
shoulders and dismiss this as a slow start – not when thousands of workers in
the insulation industry have lost their jobs.
“Labour has been warning for months that sky high interest
rates, penalty payments and hidden charges would put people off. These figures
show that the Government must sit up and listen and ensure the Green Deal is a
good deal for the public.”
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