The answer to the gas crisis is clear - and it's not more gas

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The government must deliver a longer-term strategy, financial incentives and homeowner grant funding to comprehensively upgrade the UK's draughty, inefficient homes, writes UKGBC's Louise Hutchins

As the Prime Minister gears up to announce a new Energy Security Strategy, he needs to balance reducing our dependence on gas imports from Europe and Russia, protecting household energy bills, and achieving...

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