Not too late to insulate homes this winter, says Lord Deben

There has been no nationwide programme to help people on average incomes to insulate their homes since the botched green homes grant was scrapped last year. Photograph: Philip Toscano/PA

Tackling the cost of living crisis requires insulating British homes as a matter of urgency and deploying renewable energy generation faster, the chair of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has said.

Lord Deben, a Conservative former environment secretary, said the measures needed to bring down energy bills were the same as those needed to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions.