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In Focus

Miliband’s ambitious Warm Homes Plan arrives with public confidence in retrofit at a low ebb

2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00

The embarrassing failures of the ECO scheme have given retrofit a bad name, but its cancellation hit good and bad installers alike. Together, they put the government in a tricky spot to effect a mass roll-out of new energy efficiency measures, reports Daniel Gayne

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In Focus

Miliband’s ambitious Warm Homes Plan arrives with public confidence in retrofit at a low ebb

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The embarrassing failures of the ECO scheme have given retrofit a bad name, but its cancellation hit good and bad installers alike. Together, they put the government in a tricky spot to effect a mass roll-out of new energy efficiency measures, reports Daniel Gayne

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