Tyneside councillor warns home insulation scheme ‘doomed to fail’

A new government home insulation scheme is set up to fail like its previous eco projects, a councillor has warned.

From spring next year grants will be available for homes with low energy efficiency ratings and in lower council tax bands.

But South Tyneside Green councillor Andrew Guy said: “This winter is when we need the help to be there.”

Mr Guy said installers would not know what was happening until March.

“Then, suddenly, similar to the Green Homes grant, there’s going to be floodgates opened to a grant that nobody really knows about,” he said.

“Installers [will be] overwhelmed…