An abandoned government programme to insulate UK homes
cost taxpayers nearly £400m and did not deliver energy or carbon savings, a
report by official auditors has found. The green deal scheme was launched in
January 2013 with the intention of handing out loans to improve domestic energy
efficiency. It folded in July 2015 despite claims by David Cameron that his
would be “the greenest government ever”. The National Audit Office has examined
the scheme for the first time and found that the Department for Energy and
Climate Change spent £240m on the scheme. Another £154m has been spent on the
green deal home improvement fund which was set up to provide subsidies for
efficiency measures, auditors found. Read more on the Guardian website.
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