'Common-sense solution': Government urged to bring forward £5.8bn home retrofit programme

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'Common-sense solution': Government urged to bring forward £5.8bn home retrofit programme

IPPR calls on government to ramp up efforts to tackle UK’s housing and energy crisis through new scheme to deliver energy efficiency information and financial support

The government's efforts to reach net zero emissions, deliver UK energy independence, and improve the country's housing stock are being "critically undermined" by a lack of public investment in retrofitting...

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