The Green Party has called for a massive programme to create secure, well-paid jobs by insulating thousands of homes.
In the run up to the local elections in May, the party has said there has never been a more important moment to elect Greens who will work hard to help their community deal with the cost of living crisis while tackling the climate emergency and reducing inequality.
The Green Party has called for a retrofit revolution to transform the UK’s housing to make all homes warmer and more energy efficient through insulation and renewable energy installation.
Hundreds of thousands of low carbon jobs would be created across the country to carry out this work.
North Tyneside could see huge benefits from a retrofit revolution. Greens are calling for £25 billion to be invested every year through local councils to retrofit homes. This would address the energy security and the cost of living crises, reduce carbon emissions, and create jobs all at the same time.
“A retrofit revolution will bring down the cost of living, improve our access to local rather than imported energy, and reduce carbon emissions, all while creating new high-quality jobs.
North Tyneside should be benefitting from the retrofit revolution and the green jobs it can bring. If elected, Green councillors will work to deliver that.”
The Green Party’s Work, Employment and Social Security spokesperson Catherine Rowett said:
“Green councillors are already working to ensure that people will benefit from green jobs by creating training programmes, and by investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency. We’ll need a workforce ready to retrofit homes on a mass scale. Electing more Green councillors will speed up this revolution.
The time is ripe for a blossoming of the renewable energy sector, thriving on the creation of real jobs and clean industries fit for the 21st century. To pay for this, we would tax pollution and wealth. That includes increasing the tax already charged on North Sea oil and gas to 40%, which would raise £5 billion and make polluters pay for their activities.”