Article 3B54W Tenants lose out after landlord pressure halves UK home insulation cap

Tenants lose out after landlord pressure halves UK home insulation cap

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Adam Vaughan
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Plan to make landlords improve draughtiest homes and boost energy efficiency for hundreds of thousands of tenants lay in tatters, say critics

Tenants face missing out on energy bill savings after the government caved in to landlords' demands by lowering a cap on the costs they face to upgrade Britain's draughtiest homes.

Landlords must improve the energy efficiency of F- and G-rated homes from next April under new regulations designed to protect vulnerable tenants and cut carbon emissions.

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