Thursday, 24 May 2012

Europe backs £100m upgrade to UK social housing

6 April 2009 | By Clara Story, Tom Lloyd

The European Union has ruled that the UK government can spend cash from an €8 billion fund on improving the energy efficiency of existing housing.

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