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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Insulating social housing would save tenants £700m a year on energy bills

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Rishi Sunak’s government has been urged to retrofit England’s social housing stock, as a new report found energy-efficiency measures would save tenants £700m a year.

If England’s council and housing association homes were insulated and draft-proofed, energy bills would be cut by 42 per cent and residents would save £567 a year on average, it found.

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