Workers installing solar electric panels on a house roof. Photograph: Ashley Cooper/Global Warming Images/Alamy Stock Photo
England’s much-hyped £2bn green homes grant is in chaos, renewable energy installers say, with some owed tens of thousands of pounds and struggling to stay in business.
Members of the public have been left waiting nearly four months, in some cases, to take advantage of the scheme to fit low carbon heating systems. Some installers say customers are pulling out after losing faith in the green grants.
Boris Johnson touted the grants as one of the key programmes in his ten 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution. It aims to help 600,000 households switch their energy to low carbon and help the UK meet its commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Homeowners who were left thousands of pounds out of pocket at the hands of their cowboy builders have revealed the emotional turmoil they have experienced at the hands of their constructors.
Their accounts come amid growing calls for the Government to introduce a statutory licensing scheme which regulates builders and protects customers seeking redress for poor workmanship.
Claire Paladino, 38, and her husband Leo, 43, from Northamptonshire, were keen to build a two-storey extension with a garage on their property in August 2019 when they hired their builder after seeking several quotations.
Describing her experience as absolutely horrendous , Mrs Paladino, who was pregnant at the time with her fourth child, claims she lost the sum of £39,000 to a builder who did not complete work, used cheap materials and whose construction did not pass building regulations.
Newest sites expand Trust Project’s impact during major health and economic crisis
PACIFICA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The Trust Project, a global nonprofit dedicated to transparency, accuracy and diversity in news, today announced the addition of news partners in Spain and Belgium, further expanding its network of more than 200 news outlets around the world. The Trust Indicators, shown by all participating sites, help people easily distinguish journalism with integrity from rumor and deception – critical during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trust Project momentum accelerates in Spain with 20 Minutos, the third major newspaper of the nation’s top five to join; El Heraldo de Aragón, the first Spanish regional, and La Información, the first Spanish business news site to commit to Trust Project principles and disclosures. La Libre Belgique is the Trust Project’s first Belgian and first French-language news outlet. Each site has implemented the Trust Project’s 8 Trust
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Newest sites expand Trust Project s impact during major health and economic crisis
PACIFICA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The Trust Project, a global nonprofit dedicated to transparency, accuracy and diversity in news, today announced the addition of news partners in Spain and Belgium, further expanding its network of more than 200 news outlets around the world. The Trust Indicators, shown by all participating sites, help people easily distinguish journalism with integrity from rumor and deception – critical during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trust Project momentum accelerates in Spain with 20 Minutos, the third major newspaper of the nation s top five to join; El Heraldo de Aragón, the first Spanish regional, and La Información, the first Spanish business news site to commit to Trust Project principles and disclosures. La Libre Belgique is the Trust Project s first Belgian and first French-language news outlet. Each site has implemented the Trust Project s 8 Trus
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