ECA urges Government to uphold 13.2 billion Warm Homes manifesto commitment

ECA (Electrical Contractors’ Association) is among more than 50 signatories in a business letter urging the Government to ensure it upholds its 2024 Warm Homes Plan manifesto commitment, or risk losing 3,000 skilled roles needed to transition the UK to net zero.

The letter sent on 19 May 2025, to Darren Jones MP, Chief Secretary; Rachel Reeves MP, Chancellor; and Ed Miliband Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero; states if the June Spending review limits the investment allocated in last year’s Autumn, the UK will not be able to meet its target of being at zero carbon emissions by 2050 because the nation will not have the skilled workforce it needs, including electricians, to get there.

If the Government stays with its original manifesto commitment, it will add 12,000 new skilled roles to the workforce in this Parliament. Brief extract from the letter below, or read the full letter here.

"Dear Chief Secretary,

This Government has correctly made modernising the UK housing stock a central part of its mission to lower household bills, increase energy security, and grasp the opportunities in the transition to net zero. The £13.2bn promised in the 2024 manifesto is vital to help grow the businesses who help households lower their energy bills and increase the UK’s energy security.

This sector has been rocked by boom-bust government policymaking since it grew out of the last Labour administration. As a result, businesses need government to give them confidence to invest in the sector’s future, training skilled heating engineers and retrofit installers, or manufacturing insulation and clean heating technologies in UK plants.

Limiting investment to the amount allocated in the Autumn budget at the June spending review will result in the loss of 3,000 skilled, future proof roles. Meanwhile, the £13.2bn allocation is an opportunity to add 12,000 new skilled roles to the retrofit workforce this Parliament.

Businesses working on home upgrades are government’s ally to lower energy bills and make the UK more energy secure. To ensure we can continue to work effectively as partners, we need the government to uphold its manifesto commitment to invest £13.2bn in the Warm Homes Plan.

Yours sincerely"

Signed by over 53 organisations.

This article appears on the ECA news and blogsite as "ECA urges Government to uphold £13.2bn Warm Homes manifesto commitment" date 19 May 2025.

--ECA

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