Thousands of homes across Greater Manchester are set to save money on their bills thanks to a £97m package to make social housing more energy efficient. Improved insulation, air source heat pumps, solar panels, draught-proofing, ventilation and heating controls will be installed as part of the plans.
READ MORE: First of Greater Manchester's new yellow buses unveiled six months before Bee Network begins In total, Manchester council will receive £11m towards retrofitting its housing stock. In addition to this, the local authority successfully bid for a further £10m in funding from the government's Home Upgrade Grant 2 which will help fund improvements to approximately 500 privately-owned homes across the city.
Great Idea but how many living in social housing in the Hazel Grove constituency will benefit from this scheme to bring energy bills down, the thing is you can guarantee it will be in single digits due to how we vote, cash for votes