Fight against fuel poverty is 'failing'

In at the deep end

What lessons must be learned from the past, as landlords take the plunge on ECO funding? Nick Duxbury and Madeleine Cuff report.

Better than cure

Spending money on aids to prevent older people having to go into care will save money in the long term

Poorer families not receiving heat discount

Hundreds of thousands of poorer families are not receiving financial help to heat their homes this winter due to a shortfall in funding, a charity claims.

Sustainable spin?

Reform needed to tackle house building stagnation

A leading think tank has said the government must demand more of developers and warned of ‘stagnation’ in the UK’s house building sector.

Cold cottage rescue

Isolation from mains gas can spell financial hardship. Alex Turner investigates how Cornish landlords are exploring renewable energy solutions to rural fuel poverty

Stuck in the starting gate?

It’s the only game in town, but will it be a success? MP Alan Whitehead assesses the green deal’s chances.

Health check

Can living in an energy-efficient home improve residents’ well-being? Gentoo’s latest retrofit pilot aims to find out. Martin Hilditch reports

How to...

Social landlords can play a big role in improving the energy efficiency of the nation’s homes. But they must lobby hard to ensure ministers understand that they will need support to do so, says Martin Wheatley

Going spare

The government’s contentious ‘bedroom tax’ on under-occupying tenants is set to become law this month. Alex Turner looks at the disproportionate effect it’s likely to have in the north