Building firms tell Sunak undoing green policies will hit housing investment

The letter to Sunak notes that many construction ompanies were planning to make substantial investments in net zero, which are now in doubt. Photograph: Jonathan Buckmaster/Daily Express/PA

Some of the UK’s biggest construction companies, property developers and estate agencies have written to Rishi Sunak to warn that his weakening and postponement of green policies will harm investment in housing and cause hardship for many people.

More than 100 companies, including some of the UK’s biggest construction specialists, have urged the prime minister to reinstate the net zero policies, or find alternatives that “make upgrading Britain’s homes affordable”.