Cut VAT for green home improvements and repairs, MPs urge

Environmental audit committee says chancellor must use budget to spur low-carbon growth

Ministers should cut VAT on repairs for electrical goods and green home improvements, to help people reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their everyday lives, an influential committee of MPs has urged.

Funding for green home grants to install insulation and low-carbon heating, should also be restored to kickstart a green recovery" in the UK, said the environmental audit committee in a report on how to grow back better" from the coronavirus crisis.