{"id":27721,"date":"2020-09-18T16:57:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T15:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27721"},"modified":"2020-09-18T16:57:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T15:57:54","slug":"clc-calls-for-expansion-to-national-retrofitting-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27721","title":{"rendered":"CLC calls for expansion to national retrofitting programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27722\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CLC_logo_180920.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" \/>Construction Leadership Council (CLC) co-chair Andy Mitchell has written to the Chancellor to call on the government to fund a long-term retrofitting programme for UK homes to make them greener.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>CLC writes:<\/p>\n<p>Andy Mitchell, on behalf of the CLC, has written to the Chancellor, The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP to outline recommendation for the upcoming Autum Comprehensive Spending Review.<\/p>\n<p>Areas covered by the letter are:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support a net zero carbon retrofit programme for existing homes<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring vital building safety improvements are delivered<\/li>\n<li>Funding to unlock infrastructure that enables local regeneration programmes<\/li>\n<li>Maintain the UK as a global leader for digitalisation of the built environment, including National Digital Twin<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring skills capacity to match needs from planned investment programmes<\/li>\n<li>Demand-side support for the housing sector in accordance with the build back \u2018better and greener\u2019 philosophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk\/news\/andy-mitchell-writes-to-the-chancellor-regarding-the-csr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the letter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-Letter-to-CHX-from-Andy-Mitchell-14_9_20.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction Leadership Council (CLC) co-chair Andy Mitchell has written to the Chancellor to call on the government to fund a long-term retrofitting programme for UK homes to make them greener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27723,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27721\/revisions\/27723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}