Sheets of signatures on the ‘United for warm homes’ Friends of the Earth petition collected at CAP events have been sent to Mark Hendrick as he returned as Preston MP to Westminster.
In the debate after the Kings speech, Sir Mark spoke in favour of community energy projects and the benefits to come from Great British Energy.
FoE estimates that £6 billion a year is needed nationally to properly fund insulation schemes to curb heat loss from homes. In Preston 53% of homes are rated EPC D or below, that’s 22,765 households with unnecessarily high energy bills. There are 25 ‘hotspots’ in the Preston constituency where incomes are below average but bills are above average.