Many UK households to get £1,500 to help with energy bills - Liverpool Echo

1. Many UK households to get £1,500 to help with energy bills  Liverpool Echo
2. UK households could get free £1,500 in new grant to cut down energy bills  Birmingham Live
3. UK government to introduce grants to make homes more energy efficient  The Guardian
4. £1500 grants to help middle earners insulate their homes and save on bills  The Times
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The government is said to be drawing up a scheme to help people lower their bills

Thousands of UK households will get eco grants to upgrade their homes in a three-year project expected to be announced next week.

The "Eco Plus" scheme, which is said to cost £1billion, will run for three years from April 2023 as part of the Chancellor's aim to cut Britain’s energy use 15% by 2030. The government is said to be drawing up plans to help people lower their energy bills with loft and cavity wall insulation, and smart heating controls like thermostatic radiator valves.

A Westminster source said Business Secretary Grant Shapps is said to be looking at offering the scheme to people in council tax bands A to D.

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But the source also said the details are not yet finalised, and reports suggest middle-income families could benefit along with those most at risk of fuel poverty. Some 70,000 homes could benefit over three years, with the government covering 75% of the cost of upgrades, The Times reported.

The Mirror understands the grants could be worth up to about £1,500 per household. The Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group, which represents firms including E.ON and Velux, said improving a poor-performing property could save up to £1,000 a year on a household’s bills.

It has touted Eco Plus as a "Great British Energy Saving Scheme" that would be led by energy suppliers and funded by the government. The existing ECO4 scheme, which is running from 2022 to 2026 and upgrading the most inefficient homes lived in by the poorest people, is funded through overall energy bills.

According to The Times, ministers believe installing loft insulation could save £640 a year, cavity wall insulation £525 a year and smart hearting controls £525 a year. It comes after it emerged people in the UK are set to be given tips by the government to save up to £420 a year on their energy bills.

Turning boiler temperatures down, switching off radiators in empty rooms and taking showers rather than baths are likely to be two pieces of advice in a £25m public information campaign.

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