The environmental audit select committee says the Green Homes Grant (GHG), which offers people up to £10,000 for insulation, is so inept that it is actually damaging the building sector.
It adds that 19 million UK homes are poorly insulated and accuses ministers of “failing to grasp" the challenge...
...The MPs said the scheme had "only achieved 10% of its target to improve 600,000 homes in six months".
It has been rumoured that the Treasury wants to scrap the GHG scheme, but the committee says the system needs to be reformed, not abolished....
The GHG scheme went awry because too many householders were chasing too few installers. There were also delays in the grant payments which have left many installers out of pocket.
The report says: “The impact of botched implementation of the GHG has had devastating consequences on many of the builders and installers that can do the work, who have been left in limbo as a result of the orders cancelled and time taken to approve applications.
I am now even more convinced that our country is being led by the Fur Coat and No Knickers Party.
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56463173]
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