A £1billion scheme to make middle-income homes more energy efficient is being launched along with a public information campaign advising people how to cut power usage. Energy Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed the new Eco+ scheme to extend support for insulating homes as he tries to get households to reduce energy consumption.
Labour criticised it as a “reheated announcement with no new resources” that comes “far too little too late”. Hundreds of thousands of households could receive loft and cavity wall insulation under the scheme running for three years from spring.
It is predominantly being targeted at households that do not currently get support to upgrade homes, though a fifth of the funding will be targeted at the most vulnerable. Some £18million will also be spent on a public information campaign giving advice about turning down boiler temperatures and radiators to save energy.
