We are mortgaging the future by scrapping zero-carbon home rules | Angus MacNeil

The UK government's failure to build new homes that are energy efficient will see future generations dealing with our costly mistakes

From the Forth Bridge to our sewer system and the London Underground, we still rely on Victorian engineering every day in modern Britain. We all benefit from this inherited infrastructure, but we're still paying the bills for the way it was built.

Our older homes are among the most energy-wasting the world. And as anyone who has lived in a draughty, single-glazed, Victorian terrace knows, they can be expensive to keep warm in winter.