Department for retrofit needed to make UK homes greener, government told

By Tom Lowe2021-10-12T05:00:00

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Trade group says single body overseeing 20-year programme is only way to make net zero plans work

A department of retrofit needs to be set up to oversee a 20-year programme to make the UK’s aging housing stock more energy efficient, the government has been told.

Federation of Master Builders chief executive Brian Berry said the only way carbon emissions from heating the country’s 29 million homes can be tackled is if it is co-ordinated by a single agency or department.

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