A number of building trade groups have joined forces with fuel poverty campaign groups and environmental NGOs to call on the Government to address a "gaping hole" at the heart of its infrastructure policy and make home energy efficiency a "national infrastructure priority" says
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The 20 organisations, including the Federation of Master Builders, the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) and Greenpeace, have today issued a plea to the Government to put aside £3 billion to £4 billion of capital investment from its £45 billion annual infrastructure spend on retrofitting one million homes a year by 2020. In an open letter to Lord Deighton, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, the coalition sets out the benefits of such a policy, including green jobs and growth and a cut to energy bills of £300 a year.