Households 'need help to get warmer home'

Families in other nations receive much more help to reduce bills, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) says. The researchers say recent UK government cuts to energy efficiency programmes are ludicrous and the opposite of whats needed. The government says it will soon announce new policies soon as part of its long-delayed Clean Growth Plan. But it would need to radically improve measures to match the support for home improvements offered in other nations. Currently its hard for anyone in the UK outside the poorest fifth of society to access public funds to help with insulation.