Huhne hints at future for Carbon Trust

25.10.2010

Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne has indicated that the Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust could survive the current round of government spending cuts.

Huhne said that while both agencies could expect to face significant budget cuts, there is a good chance that they will survive in some format.

He cited the government's planned Green Deal domestic energy efficiency scheme as an example of an initiative that could benefit from the skills found in the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust.

"We are committed to taking 33 per cent out of administration costs and that includes the Carbon Trust, the Energy Saving Trust and the broader department," Huhne said. "We have to make sure that what emerges from that process is fit for purpose in delivering our key priorities."

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