UK100 welcomes Warm Homes Plan and commitment to put mayors "in the driving seat" — but this must extend to all local leaders, especially where there is no mayor, or imminent prospect of one.
Only 17 of 268 councils have taken enforcement action on current energy standards due to lack of resources.
Network warns £3.5 billion Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme that ended with no replacement — leaving schools, hospitals and public buildings without energy efficiency upgrades.
Government identifies 1.6 million children in cold, damp private homes — but 8.4 million children attend schools that are equally draughty and crumbling.
UK100 is launching a new campaign calling for equivalent public building investment.
High-profile Labour, Green and Lib Dem leaders sign cross-party open letter backing a statutory climate duty.
The letter has almost 450 signatures as the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill heads back to Parliament.
Amendments to the Bill seek to introduce a new legal obligation for local authorities to prioritise climate action while strengthening their duties to protect nature in their communities.
Network of local authority climate leaders respond to announcement on private rental energy efficiency standards.
Announcement comes just days after high-level roundtable between UK100 members and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Minister Baroness Dr Taylor of Stevenage.
Proposals could lift 500,000 out of fuel poverty but delayed timeline and lack of local authority enforcement risks leaving renters in the cold.