Landlords should foot ‘significant’ part of energy efficiency bill – Miliband

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Landlords should foot a “significant” amount of the bill to meet energy efficiency standards outlined in Government proposals, Ed Miliband has said. We think that’s fair and right to ask landlords to do that Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Landlords would not have to spend more than £15,000 and there is potential for a lower £10,000 cap if renters are charged lower rents or homes are in a lower council tax band under the plans. “Through our Plan for Change we are driving up housing standards, improving quality of life, and slashing energy bills for working people and families.” This misguided announcement will do nothing to lower energy bills in this country Andrew Bowie Mr Miliband said the plans would help tenants who have for years been “abandoned and forgotten” as opportunities to deliver warm homes and lower energy bills “have been disregarded and ignored.” New energy performance certificates are also planned, but homes that are already rated A-C under the current system will be considered compliant until they expire, the Government said. “On top of the warnings that Angela Rayner is nowhere near meeting her house building targets, and her Renters’ Rights Bill reducing supply and raising rents, Labour are proposing burdening landlords with heavy costs, which will inevitably be passed on to renters, instead of working to deliver cheaper and more secure energy for this country.”