MPs have slammed the Green Homes Grant scheme for its botched implementation, poor administration and devastating consequences on many builders and installers.

The criticism comes just six weeks after it was confirmed the government was set to claw back most of the £1.5bn fund for retrofitting homes because of delays getting the money to householders meant it was unlikely to be spent by this month’s deadline.

The Green Homes Grant, which launched at the end of September, included £1.5bn for householders and is set to run until the end of this month but just £71m, or 5% of the money had been spent by 22 January. The government has announced unspent funds will not be rolled over.

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