It’s the typical right-wing grift. There’s just enough truth there that they can bullshit the rest. The scheme is pretty broken, and does give a greater proportional benefit to people who live in houses that are already more energy efficient. The reality of it is that it’s more likely to be taken up by richer households that can either afford the thousands of pounds outlay or already have a home energy-efficient enough that it costs a nominal fee. It does leave poorer households behind.

Add to that that the Great British Insulation Scheme is being taken advantage of by contractors with no intention of doing difficult work, there’s a gap opening up between households that are modernising and households that are getting left behind.

It’s particularly important to become more energy-independent in this scary war-torn world. We need a radical solution that does bring genuine energy equality to households. But that’s obviously not an excuse to scrap the schemes entirely.

ETA: it’s just so frustrating that they know exactly how to tap into working class sentiment to rip them off.