Dr Emma Howard
speaker
282 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 25 Aug
Dr Emma Howard’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.
And so where we should be increasing supports and subsidies are for the likes of solar panels, for electric vehicles, free or low cost loans for households.
Sorry, just one second.
I'm going to tell you, one of the problems with the subsidies is that they are flat rate subsidies.
None of them are means tested.
And a recent report from Trinity showed that if you look at the adoption of electric vehicles, heat pumps, solar panels, they are eight to nine times more common in high income areas than low income areas.
So for me to put solar panels on my roof, I get a £1,800 grant.
That's exactly the same grant that a household with half my household income.
And we need to change that.
That's what we should be focusing on.
So on the whether or not there'll be take up, I crunched some numbers looking at the who avails of the rented room scheme.
So if you look at the 2022 census, about 390,000 or 21% of households had two or more spare bedrooms.
And if you look at the, yeah.
Really?
So a lot of people with spare bedrooms in the country.
However, if you look at the taxpayers in 2023 who claimed for the rent and room relief, that was about 4%.
So 4% of people who had two or more spare bedrooms were taking up this scheme.
So if you think about renting out your spare bedroom, it's essentially free, there's no upfront cost.
But if you're looking at, so, you know, some of these modular units, it's 80,000 or above, it seems, to get these put in your back garden.
Plus, if you look at who's, if the legislation is there,
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