Zachary Leather

Salary sacrifice for heat pumps not the way forward - we should be making heat pumps cheaper for poorest not the richest As we showed for the EV scheme, salary sacrifice locks most low-income households out of meaningful subsidy and chucks huge sums to the highest earners

Poorer and younger households will be most impacted by the bus fare cap increasing to £3. The lowest income fifth take twice as many £2+ bus trips than the richest, and those under 30 take almost 4 times as many as the over 60's.

🚨 New report published today🚨 'Getting the green light', funded by the European Climate Foundation and written by @adamcorlett, @JMarshall_3, @zackleather, looks at the challenges of decarbonising UK travel and the impacts on low-to-middle income families. ⬇️…

Strong announcement on warmer homes at Labour conference – will benefit the three-in-ten of the poorest families that are stuck in leaky rented homes

Speaking at our event, @pilitaclark warns that there are warnings the UK government will need to heed from abroad. She agrees that decarbonising home heating is a really tricky area, and that Germany's mishandling of heat pumps roll-out is an example of what not to do.