UK homes among Europe's worst for energy efficiency, say experts calling for insulation plan

UK faces yet another energy crisis worst next winter without a major insulation program to fix the country's leaking homes, Liz Truss' government has been warned.

Britain remains one of the worst countries to Europe on the energy efficiency of its homes, according to a new report from the Institute of Respect for Government (IfG) think tank.

Ms Truss has pledged to cap the household energy bills to £2,500 for the next two years with his plan for the government to subsidize the wholesale costs of energy giants - expected to cost around £100bn.

But the government co will continue to rack up huge bills and borrow more to cover the cost of energy consumption, unless it commits to major energy efficiency improvement projects. and reduce demand, the think tank warned.

The IfG report states: It adds: "If the government focuses only on short-term financial support and long-term measures term is unlikely to have a major impact, it will find itself in an even more difficult position in a year's time."

He warns: "UK households and businesses are likely to still face energy bills winter 2023 - most likely beyond that...Financing very high energy costs through debt, without a demand reduction strategy, will prove unsustainable."

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IfG says the British housing stock is "the oldest and the least Europe's energy onome" ations across the EU" - citing research from the Committee on Climate Change.

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