The Chancellor’s Budget, to be unveiled Wednesday, will not cut the VAT on energy bills, despite calls from Labour and fuel poverty charities…
Continue ReadingNearly 74% of home upgrades installed through the aborted Green Homes Grant scheme were insulation, according to recently-released figures from the Department of…
Continue ReadingThe government must “urgently” develop a strategy to upgrade the UK’s inefficient, draughty homes or “risk missing” its 2050 net-zero target, a group…
Continue ReadingBan on Gas Boilers Could Be Pushed Back to 2040
Written by Lauren Smith in Government Policy Household & Bills
Britons could be given five more years to replace their gas boilers, as the government bows to pressure from MPs over the high…
Continue ReadingGovernment Misses Target to Upgrade Fuel Poor Homes
Written by Lauren Smith in Government Policy Household & Bills
The government has missed an interim target to upgrade all fuel poor households in England to energy efficiency ratings of at least E…
Continue ReadingThe use of unabated coal for electricity generation must stop by 1 October 2024, as the government brings forward the phase-out date by…
Continue ReadingThe government is shuttering the troubled Green Homes Grant scheme, a £1.5 billion initiative to upgrade the country’s energy inefficient homes and key…
Continue ReadingGovernment investment in energy efficiency measures has been “woefully inadequate” and jeopardises the UK’s legally-binding decarbonisation goals, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has…
Continue ReadingElectrical Appliances to Cost £75/Year Less to Run Under New Rules
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Government Policy
Your next washing machine and fridge will use less electricity and work for years longer, under new legislation that will tackle premature obsolescence…
Continue ReadingHomes built this year must have a carbon footprint a third (31%) smaller than earlier homes, as a stepping stone to even stricter…
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