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28.11.2022 - 13:39 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A new £1 billion scheme to make middle-income homes more energy efficient is being launched by the UK Government along with a public information campaign advising people how to lower their gas and electricity usage.
Energy Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed the new Eco+ scheme to extend support for insulating homes in Scotland, England and Wales as he tries to get households to reduce energy consumption.
However, 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 2023.
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 £18 million will also be spent on a public information campaign giving advice about turning down boiler temperatures and radiators to save energy.
Reducing boiler flow temperatures from 75C to 60C and turning down radiators in empty rooms could save a typical household £160 per year, according to the guidance to be published on the help for households website.
Mr Shapps said: “A new Eco scheme will enable thousands more to insulate their homes, protecting the pounds in their pockets and creating jobs across the country.
“And in the short term, our new public information campaign will also give people the tools they need to reduce their energy use while keeping warm this winter.”
But shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband said: “This reheated announcement with no new resources, is far too little too late and will help only a tiny fraction of the millions of people facing a cost-of-living
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