Energy scheme fall ‘hugely worrying’

Installations of green energy measures designed to lift households out of fuel poverty have fallen to their lowest level for six years.

Campaigners said the slowdown across Britain under a flagship government scheme is “hugely worrying”.

Under the Energy Company Obligation scheme, suppliers have to provide eligible households with free fuelsaving measures such as loft insulation. There were 12,500 improvementsmadetohomes in February – a 33 per cent fall on the same period in 2013.