Grants to aid low- scoring homes

Cooper: Cash incentives.

Buyers of energy-inefficient homes will get £100 to £300 in grants for improvements such as insulation, housing minister Yvette Cooper announced last week. Energy suppliers will give the grants to homes scoring low in their Energy Performance Certificates, mandatory for homes marketed from June 1.

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