1/ What might an effective energy saving campaign look like? A quick thread on what other countries are doing and what’s missing in UK... in short we probably need:
❌Good public information
❌Comms campaign
❌Free advice 2/ The foundation is obviously good information. Needs to be accessible, simple, authoritative. Ministers have been pointing towards GOV.UK in recent days – so what’s there?
Well just 1 page, which leaves a lot to be desired... gov.uk/improve-energy…

Short paper from me and @ollybartrum on the energy security strategy – thread with few points instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/e… 1/ The problem: govt started writing this strategy a month ago in response to an immediate security and affordability crisis. It ended up producing a long-term supply strategy that does little to address security or affordability in next 5 years at least

On missing energy efficiency in the #energysecuritystrategy and HMT ostrich-ism

Here is what's happened in the UK over the last decade. UK has some of draughtiest and least efficient housing stock in Europe Here is what @theCCCuk said about heat & buildings strat in Oct: “the lack of an integrated offer on home retrofit for the majority of households remains a real source of concern”

NEW: joint report out today from @instituteforgov and @involveUK argues UK govt needs to adopt a much stronger approach to public engagement if it is to make a success of net zero (short thread) There are many ways the UK could reach net zero. But all are going to involve big changes in people’s lives - their homes, their cars, most likely their diets, for some their jobs. That is unlike progress on emissions to date.

The difference between SAGE's approach to the March lockdown and now is striking. Quick thread: In March, SAGE was pretty hesitant. Data was poor, there was lots of uncertainty about adherence and how long measures could be sustained, SAGE struggled to model impact of specific measures. See instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/…

In other news today... we @instituteforgov have a report out on another of the massive challenges government faces - net zero. Thread with some key points: More than a year on from adopting the target, and with little over a year to go until it hosts COP26, the UK is a long way off track and lacks a credible plan for meeting its target

Robert Buckland has just announced that government will bring the whole probation service in-house from June 2021. That will mark the end of a badly failed experiment in outsourcing probation services, launched by Chris Grayling in 2013. Quick thread: Worth reiterating that there has been massive disruption and confusion over the last seven years. Poor probation services have caused real harm to people trying to rebuild their lives. instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/ministry-…