Government urged to learn lessons from 'doomed' Tory insulation scheme

Stuart Stone
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Report from Public Accounts Committee concludes ECO scheme failings left tens of thousands of households financially exposed

The government should not allow any more external or internal wall insulation to be installed through publicly funded retrofit schemes, unless it can ensure every project is supervised and checked by independent,...

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