But I honestly until that conversation hadn’t really considered that working in #retrofit was a gendered job.

Yes, it’s part of the construction industry. But actually I’ve always met a lot of women both in the office and on site through it.

Fingers crossed we’ll see more girls excited to wear steel toe caps and have a hard hat on their head!

@TCMuffin @Photo55

I too feel bitterly disappointed by #Labour’s commitment and planning on domestic #retrofit.

Yes, the #Tories were horrendous, almost killing the entire industry and set back our progress by a decade.

But Labour knew this. They had 14 years in the wilderness to put together a plan to govern and rebuild this country. Apart from work on the National Grid, there is no sense they had any notion of the scale of the challenge. So yes, I’m disappointed.

I cannot convey to you the level of hope followed quickly by disappointment for those working in #Retrofit when #Starmer walked into Downing Street.

#Labour had 14 years to work up, refine, plan and then role out their vision for retrofitting the country’s housing stock…but there was basically just tumbleweed.

What they have belatedly committed to is a fraction of what was deemed to be required in 2024.

But hey they gave everyone just over a £100 off their energy bills…and now what?

#Starmer had a #GreenPledge that he spectacularly dropped before being elected.

Because suddenly #Renewables , #Retrofit and #ClimateAction were too expensive to actually do in government or did chasing #Reform ‘s coattails mean conveniently #Labour no longer needed to care?

On Friday they realised they lost whole swathes of voters across the country they’d taken for granted. Now they want them back less than a week later.

Were there ever any workable plans? Have these been resurrected?