On the 21st February 2023 HM Treasury and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero anounced the formation of a new Energy Efficiency Taskforce to "spearhead efforts to reduce the UK’s energy consumption and cut household bills". It also announced that it was to be chaired jointly by Lord Callanan and Dame Alison Rose, the then CEO of NatWest.

Dame Alison Rose stepped down from her post and also he place on the Net Zero Council on 26th July following her resignation from NatWest in the aftermath of the Nigel Farrage bank account controversy and had not, to date, been replaced.

Earlier this week we learn of a delay to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced changes to the Governments climate commitments by pushing back certain deadlines. Now, on the 24th September, in what appears to be a result of the decision to scrap energy efficiency regulations for landlords announced in this overhaul, we're learning that the Energy Efficiency Taskforce itself is to be disbanded with immediate effect.

The Energy Efficiency Taskforce was set up by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero with the aim to "accelerate household insulation, boiler upgrades and business energy efficiency measures to help cut national energy consumption by 15% over the next seven years". It was to devise a workplan to help reduce total UK energy demand by 15% from 2021 levels by 2030 across domestic and commercial buildings and industrial process. 

Energy efficiency minister and chair of the group Lord Callanan informed members by letter that its work would be "streamlined" into ongoing government activity. He also said that the work done by the group to date had not been "wasted" and that "draft recommendations will be instrumental in driving forward this important agenda."

A spokesperson for the Energy Security and Net Zero department said: "We would like to thank the Energy Efficiency Taskforce for its work in supporting our ambition to reduce total UK energy demand by 15% from 2021 levels by 2030.

"We have invested £6.6bn in energy efficiency upgrades this Parliament and will continue to support families in making their homes more efficient, helping them to cut bills while also achieving net zero in a pragmatic, proportionate and realistic way."

We will keep you informed as this story develops and we get futher information.