Starmer to scale back home insulation scheme as part of green policy U-turn

The home insulation scheme is the largest single item in the green plan, with Labour having promised to spend up to £6bn a year to insulate 19m homes over a decade. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/Alamy

Keir Starmer is cutting back his ambitious home insulation scheme as part of his decision to scale down Labour’s green policy, sources have told the Guardian.

The Labour leader will announce on Thursday that he is drastically reducing the scale of the £28bn “green prosperity plan” after weeks of uncertainty over the fate of the plan.