The government needs a national retrofit programme to address leaky old buildings and to urgently bring in a "long overdue" move to zero-carbon new-build homes if it is to meet its 2050 "net zero" carbon target.

The government’s statutory advisor, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), has published its progress report on efforts to cut emissions, outlining what it says needs to happen urgently if the UK is to reach its target of net zero-carbon emissions by 2050.

The report said the cancelling of the 2016 zero-carbon homes target had damaged progress towards improving the standard of new build, and called the planned introduction of a new Future Homes Standard in 2025 "long overdue."

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