Labour’s plan to insulate more homes ‘would create 4m job opportunities’

Labour says the scheme, led by local councils, would invest up to £6bn a year for 10 years to give families grants and loans to upgrade the energy efficiency of their homes. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

Labour has said that job opportunities for almost 4 million workers would be created under its plan to bring 19m of the UK’s leakiest homes up to an acceptable standard of insulation.

While it has previously said that the plan would reduce annual household energy bills by up to £500, the party has set out details of what it said would be a major expansion of the retrofitting workforce.