Warm Homes Plan: How Labour can learn from a decade of failed insulation schemes

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Labour is keeping the promised £13.2bn budget for its Warm Homes plan - but issues remain, writes Madeleine Pauker from the University of Sussex

The UK government confirmed in its June 2025 spending review that it will honour its manifesto pledge and not cut the £13.2bn warm homes plan, as had been speculated. The money will be spent over the next...

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