The government’s flagship green homes grant scheme to
help people install energy efficiency measures resulted in just 15,182
households on low incomes improving their property’s insulation, it has
emerged. The £1.5bn scheme was designed to improve 600,000 properties but,
according to data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats, only a small number of
homes benefited from funding for much-needed improvements. In total 41,300
measures were installed, according to the figures, with low-income households
benefiting from around half of the jobs. Launched in a blaze of publicity last
year, the scheme offered homeowners in England vouchers worth up to £10,000 to
make their homes more energy efficient or to replace old boilers. Read more on
the Guardian website.
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