Penny Pinching?

Much of the UK's 'greenhouse gas' emissions are linked to its notoriously poorly-insulated homes. There was an attempt to remedy this situation, by using government subsidies. In 2012, 40,000 homes per month were being more effectively insulated. Home insulation rates fell, however, by 92%, when this subsidy was 'pulled' in 2012. Had it continued, it's estimated that an extra 9 million households would have benefitted from the scheme. UK households that were not insulated, are currently calculated to be paying £170 a year more for their heating (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/28/millions-of-households-pay-170-more-for-energy-due-to-tory-subsidy-cuts). Clearly, it was short-sighted to remove the subsidy scheme (as well as not insisting on higher new build standards). Improved insulation would have not only saved people money on heating their homes. It would have also reduced government need to import fuels to run power stations. In deed, it would have lowered the country's 'greenhouse gas' emissions, taking it more quickly to net zero. All that has been done, is to advocate law changes, making it more difficult to protest about the failure to insulate UK homes.