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Sep 15, 2021 • 7min
Hitting Net Zero: green homes grant lessons learned)
To listen to the full conversation visit: https://soundcloud.com/institute-for-government/net-zero-how-government-can-decarbonise-homes
Decarbonising homes will be among the most difficult elements of reaching net zero. Homes account for 15% of the UK’s total emissions, yet there has been little progress towards reducing these over the past decade. Confidence has been damaged by repeated U-turns and policy failures, including the Green Deal and the Green Homes Grant.
Achieving net zero by 2050 will require a huge national programme to deliver the infrastructure needed to reduce residential emissions – retrofitting homes, installing heat pumps and developing local heat networks. The government, businesses and consumers all have key roles to play. But how should the government approach policy making in this area? Will the long overdue Heat and Buildings Strategy be worth the wait and offer a clear plan? How can previous policy failures be learnt from? And how can we ensure the UK’s infrastructure is ready to support zero-emission homes?
On our panel to discuss these issues was:
Lord Callanan, Minister for Business, Energy & Corporate Responsibility at BEIS
Chris Burchell, Managing Director, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution
Gillian Cooper, Head of Energy Policy at Citizens Advice
Guy Newey, Director of Strategy and Performance at the Energy Systems Catapult
This event was chaired by Marcus Shepheard, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government.
We would like to thank Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution for supporting this event.

Sep 15, 2021 • 5min
Hitting Net Zero: challenges of decarbonising homes
To listen to the full conversation visit: https://soundcloud.com/institute-for-government/net-zero-how-government-can-decarbonise-homes
Decarbonising homes will be among the most difficult elements of reaching net zero. Homes account for 15% of the UK’s total emissions, yet there has been little progress towards reducing these over the past decade. Confidence has been damaged by repeated U-turns and policy failures, including the Green Deal and the Green Homes Grant.
Achieving net zero by 2050 will require a huge national programme to deliver the infrastructure needed to reduce residential emissions – retrofitting homes, installing heat pumps and developing local heat networks. The government, businesses and consumers all have key roles to play. But how should the government approach policy making in this area? Will the long overdue Heat and Buildings Strategy be worth the wait and offer a clear plan? How can previous policy failures be learnt from? And how can we ensure the UK’s infrastructure is ready to support zero-emission homes?
On our panel to discuss these issues was:
Lord Callanan, Minister for Business, Energy & Corporate Responsibility at BEIS
Chris Burchell, Managing Director, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution
Gillian Cooper, Head of Energy Policy at Citizens Advice
Guy Newey, Director of Strategy and Performance at the Energy Systems Catapult
This event was chaired by Marcus Shepheard, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government.
We would like to thank Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution for supporting this event.

Sep 15, 2021 • 5min
Hitting Net Zero: government heat and building strategy
To listen to the full conversation visit: https://soundcloud.com/institute-for-government/net-zero-how-government-can-decarbonise-homes
Decarbonising homes will be among the most difficult elements of reaching net zero. Homes account for 15% of the UK’s total emissions, yet there has been little progress towards reducing these over the past decade. Confidence has been damaged by repeated U-turns and policy failures, including the Green Deal and the Green Homes Grant.
Achieving net zero by 2050 will require a huge national programme to deliver the infrastructure needed to reduce residential emissions – retrofitting homes, installing heat pumps and developing local heat networks. The government, businesses and consumers all have key roles to play. But how should the government approach policy making in this area? Will the long overdue Heat and Buildings Strategy be worth the wait and offer a clear plan? How can previous policy failures be learnt from? And how can we ensure the UK’s infrastructure is ready to support zero-emission homes?
On our panel to discuss these issues was:
Lord Callanan, Minister for Business, Energy & Corporate Responsibility at BEIS
Chris Burchell, Managing Director, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution
Gillian Cooper, Head of Energy Policy at Citizens Advice
Guy Newey, Director of Strategy and Performance at the Energy Systems Catapult
This event was chaired by Marcus Shepheard, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government.
We would like to thank Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution for supporting this event.

Sep 15, 2021 • 59min
Hitting net zero: how the government can decarbonise homes
Decarbonising homes will be among the most difficult elements of reaching net zero. Homes account for 15% of the UK’s total emissions, yet there has been little progress towards reducing these over the past decade. Confidence has been damaged by repeated U-turns and policy failures, including the Green Deal and the Green Homes Grant.
Achieving net zero by 2050 will require a huge national programme to deliver the infrastructure needed to reduce residential emissions – retrofitting homes, installing heat pumps and developing local heat networks. The government, businesses and consumers all have key roles to play. But how should the government approach policy making in this area? Will the long overdue Heat and Buildings Strategy be worth the wait and offer a clear plan? How can previous policy failures be learnt from? And how can we ensure the UK’s infrastructure is ready to support zero-emission homes?
On our panel to discuss these issues was:
Lord Callanan, Minister for Business, Energy & Corporate Responsibility at BEIS
Chris Burchell, Managing Director, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution
Gillian Cooper, Head of Energy Policy at Citizens Advice
Guy Newey, Director of Strategy and Performance at the Energy Systems Catapult
This event was chaired by Marcus Shepheard, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government.
We would like to thank Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution for supporting this event.

Sep 14, 2021 • 3min
In conversation with Amanda Spielman - Ofsted: teacher workloads
To listen to the full conversation visit: https://soundcloud.com/institute-for-government/amanda-spielman-ofsted
From closed schools to postponed exams, isolating teachers to bursting classroom bubbles, the last 18 months of education has been massively disrupted by the Covid-19 crisis. What can be done to help those students that have fallen behind? How can the gaps in attainment be bridged? And what lessons has lockdown taught us about education?
To discuss the challenges facing the education system in the next phase of the pandemic and Ofsted's role in the new academic year and beyond, Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, was in conversation with Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government.
Amanda Spielman has been Ofsted Chief Inspector since January 2017. Between 2011 and 2016, she was chair of Ofqual, the qualifications regulator. From 2005 she was a founding member of the leadership team at the academy chain Ark Schools. Previously she worked at KPMG, Kleinwort Benson, Mercer Management Consulting and Nomura International.

Sep 14, 2021 • 2min
In conversation with Amanda Spielman - Ofsted: young people had the rawest deal
To listen to the full conversation visit: https://soundcloud.com/institute-for-government/amanda-spielman-ofsted
From closed schools to postponed exams, isolating teachers to bursting classroom bubbles, the last 18 months of education has been massively disrupted by the Covid-19 crisis. What can be done to help those students that have fallen behind? How can the gaps in attainment be bridged? And what lessons has lockdown taught us about education?
To discuss the challenges facing the education system in the next phase of the pandemic and Ofsted's role in the new academic year and beyond, Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, was in conversation with Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government.
Amanda Spielman has been Ofsted Chief Inspector since January 2017. Between 2011 and 2016, she was chair of Ofqual, the qualifications regulator. From 2005 she was a founding member of the leadership team at the academy chain Ark Schools. Previously she worked at KPMG, Kleinwort Benson, Mercer Management Consulting and Nomura International.

Sep 14, 2021 • 3min
In conversation with Amanda Spielman - Ofsted: private schools, disadvantaged children, food parcels
To listen to the full conversation visit: https://soundcloud.com/institute-for-government/amanda-spielman-ofsted
From closed schools to postponed exams, isolating teachers to bursting classroom bubbles, the last 18 months of education has been massively disrupted by the Covid-19 crisis. What can be done to help those students that have fallen behind? How can the gaps in attainment be bridged? And what lessons has lockdown taught us about education?
To discuss the challenges facing the education system in the next phase of the pandemic and Ofsted's role in the new academic year and beyond, Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, was in conversation with Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government.
Amanda Spielman has been Ofsted Chief Inspector since January 2017. Between 2011 and 2016, she was chair of Ofqual, the qualifications regulator. From 2005 she was a founding member of the leadership team at the academy chain Ark Schools. Previously she worked at KPMG, Kleinwort Benson, Mercer Management Consulting and Nomura International.

Sep 14, 2021 • 2min
In conversation with Amanda Spielman - Ofsted: struggling children will need good tutor time
To listen to the full conversation visit: https://soundcloud.com/institute-for-government/amanda-spielman-ofsted
From closed schools to postponed exams, isolating teachers to bursting classroom bubbles, the last 18 months of education has been massively disrupted by the Covid-19 crisis. What can be done to help those students that have fallen behind? How can the gaps in attainment be bridged? And what lessons has lockdown taught us about education?
To discuss the challenges facing the education system in the next phase of the pandemic and Ofsted's role in the new academic year and beyond, Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, was in conversation with Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government.
Amanda Spielman has been Ofsted Chief Inspector since January 2017. Between 2011 and 2016, she was chair of Ofqual, the qualifications regulator. From 2005 she was a founding member of the leadership team at the academy chain Ark Schools. Previously she worked at KPMG, Kleinwort Benson, Mercer Management Consulting and Nomura International.

Sep 14, 2021 • 3min
In conversation with Amanda Spielman - Ofsted: children have been at the bottom of policy priorities
To listen to the full conversation visit: https://soundcloud.com/institute-for-government/amanda-spielman-ofsted
From closed schools to postponed exams, isolating teachers to bursting classroom bubbles, the last 18 months of education has been massively disrupted by the Covid-19 crisis. What can be done to help those students that have fallen behind? How can the gaps in attainment be bridged? And what lessons has lockdown taught us about education?
To discuss the challenges facing the education system in the next phase of the pandemic and Ofsted's role in the new academic year and beyond, Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, was in conversation with Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government.
Amanda Spielman has been Ofsted Chief Inspector since January 2017. Between 2011 and 2016, she was chair of Ofqual, the qualifications regulator. From 2005 she was a founding member of the leadership team at the academy chain Ark Schools. Previously she worked at KPMG, Kleinwort Benson, Mercer Management Consulting and Nomura International.

Sep 14, 2021 • 47min
In conversation with Amanda Spielman, Ofsted Chief Inspector
From closed schools to postponed exams, isolating teachers to bursting classroom bubbles, the last 18 months of education has been massively disrupted by the Covid-19 crisis. What can be done to help those students that have fallen behind? How can the gaps in attainment be bridged? And what lessons has lockdown taught us about education?
To discuss the challenges facing the education system in the next phase of the pandemic and Ofsted's role in the new academic year and beyond, Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, was in conversation with Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government.
Amanda Spielman has been Ofsted Chief Inspector since January 2017. Between 2011 and 2016, she was chair of Ofqual, the qualifications regulator. From 2005 she was a founding member of the leadership team at the academy chain Ark Schools. Previously she worked at KPMG, Kleinwort Benson, Mercer Management Consulting and Nomura International.


