Council leaders have urged the government to “redouble” efforts to improve insulation and retrofit homes to increase fuel efficiency, saying new energy support measures will cost billions more than...
Two West Midlands councils are set to return more than £900,000 of government funding for green homes upgrades, after a shortage of labour and skills meant it could not be spent, it has emerged.
Councils will get just £300m extra to help low-income households make their homes more efficient after the government abandoned a £1.5bn grants scheme with a similar aim after just six months.
