Labour’s reduced home insulation plans ‘simply not enough’

Housebuilders and campaigners warn of cold, damp homes and UK missing legally binding targets

Labour's slashing of proposed spending on home insulation will leave millions of people on low incomes in cold, damp homes and could prevent the UK meeting its legally binding carbon targets, campaigners and housebuilders have warned.

The Federation of Master Builders criticised the drastic scaling back of Labour's low-carbon policies, announced by Keir Starmer on Thursday after months of speculation.