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UK: No 10 rejects ‘bespoke’ energy-saving push but will boost existing messages
(The Guardian, 10 Oct 2022) Government to enhance Help for Households campaign with cost-cutting tips and links to ‘readily available’ information.
Downing Street has said it will not offer a “bespoke campaign” to help people find ways to save energy, but will ramp up a separate Cabinet Office drive which sets out cost of living support.
Number 10 denied the move was a U-turn on previous suggestions that Liz Truss was “ideologically opposed” to telling households about methods to save money on energy.
Last week, the Guardian revealed that the Department for Business, Energyand Industrial Strategy had begun work on a campaign asking households to turn their thermostats down and use their dishwashers and washing machines at times when energy demand is lower.
The measures had been discussed between the business department, energy companies and the network operator National Grid.
The Guardian, 10 Oct 2022: UK: No 10 rejects ‘bespoke’ energy-saving push but will boost existing messages
