Since the Chancellor’s statement at the Conservative Party Conference, there are rumours circulating that the Green Deal may be scrapped. This follows hot on the heels of the further postponement (until April 2012) of the revised requirements for Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs).

Does all this point to a U-turn by the Government on energy policy and climate change initiatives? Andrew Morphet, Managing Director of Synergy Property Services Ltd., gives us his latest thoughts:

“I don’t believe so. What George Osborne said related to a previously stated ambition for the UK to meet its carbon emission targets quicker than its legal obligation...