Business secretary unveils £1bn funding to insulate least energy-efficient homes

Retrofit insulation

Critics unhappy that three-year government scheme will not come into effect until April 2023

New funding of £1bn will be made available to insulate the UK’s least energy-efficient homes, the business secretary has said.

Grant Shapps said the ECO+ scheme would see hundreds of thousands of homes given with new insulation, with support targeted at those in the lower council tax bands and with the most vulnerable residents.

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