By Gillian Charlesworth, CEO of the Building Research Establishment
Last month, it was reported that the Prime Minister was drawing up a £1bn plan to insulate hundreds of thousands more homes across the UK to help shield people from the rising cost of living.
Climate change advisors have warned that UK Government plans for tackling global warming will not deliver on legal targets to cut emissions in the coming decades.
The Government is under pressure to deliver on its manifesto commitment to invest billions of pounds in insulating homes as part of a green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.