Local authorities have raised concerns over the sluggish pace of home insulation schemes, and the risk it poses to many people facing fuel poverty.
The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents more than 300 councils in England and Wales, said the government's flagship energy efficiency scheme supported 60,000 homes in 2022, down from almost half a million homes in 2013.
The failure to match installation levels of 2013 in the following years had cost households £2bn in lost lifetime bill savings, the councils stated.
The organisation’s analysis also found that, if current rates continue, it would take 50 years to deliver loft insulations to all fuel-poor homes needing them, and almost 60 years to deliver wall insulation improvements.
As a result, 2.4 million fuel-poor homes would be left without help from the scheme by 2030, the target date for ending fuel poverty.
In order to get hold of the problem, the councils are calling for a new...