Labour’s warm homes plan is all carrot and no stick for UK households
Grants, loans and ‘innovative finance’ will fund green technology, with insulation no longer the main objectiveNo ban on gas boilers in UK warm homes plan but heat pumps get £2.7bn pushAttempts to insulate the UK’s draughty homes have failed time and again, with botched schemes over the past two decades leading to a massive drop in the number of insulation upgrades. With its long-awaited warm homes plan, the Labour government has a different strategy: to bypass insulation in favour of installing green technology such as solar panels and heat pumps.About £5bn will be invested in home upgrades, including solar panels... [Continue Reading]
