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Number of homes being insulated to reduce heat loss has more than halved this year despite energy bills soaring
SQUEEZED families will have to spend more keeping warm this winter after far fewer homes were insulated.
Alarming stats show the number of houses being fitted with padding that traps heat has more than halved this year.
Just 126,131 installations happened in the first six months of the year compared to 261,315 in 2021.
It means more than 135,000 families have missed out on cheaper bills as they are forced to turn up the radiators to make up for escaping heat.
Leaky homes can whack an extra £1,000 on a household’s energy bills, shock independent analysis shows.
Labour has pledged £60billion to improve every poorly-insulated home under its plans for government.
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Shadow Minister Kerry McCarthy said: “The Government should have been working round the clock to insulate homes and ensure as many households as possible benefit from lower bills. Its failure to do so despite repeated warnings risks leaving millions out in the cold.
The Business Department blamed the steep drop on the pandemic and a transition from one government efficiency scheme to another.
A spokesperson said: “We are investing £6.6billion in total this parliament to improve energy efficiency across the country, with the majority of our support targeting those on low income and vulnerable households.
“This is benefiting tens of thousands of homes and delivering average savings of £300 a year on energy bills.”
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India monsoon flash floods kill at least 40 as bridges collapse and homes are washed away in devastating mudslides
AT LEAST 40 people have been killed after Northern India was hit by catastrophic flash floods and landslides.
Relentless monsoon rains have submerged hundreds of villages, triggering devastating mudslides that swept homes, cars and locals away.
The destructive weather caused a bridge in Kangra to collapse, killing at least two[/caption]
Forecasters have warned the relentless rainfall will continue for at least the next two days[/caption]
A landslide, triggered by the monsoon rains, toppled a building in Shimla[/caption]
The death toll has continued to rise over the last three days, while dangerous rescue missions persisted across the deluged region.
Two people died after the powerful weather caused a bridge in Kangra, in the state of Himachal Pradesh, to collapse.
Another 36 were killed nearby after being swept away by floodwater, while hundreds were forced to seek shelter in relief camps.
Shocking footage captured the moment an evacuated building collapsed in Shimla after being overpowered by a landslide.
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Four others also died and 13 are missing in the neighbouring state of Uttarakhand after cloudbursts poured down on terrified residents.
The area was drowned by the weather phenomenon, which occurs when extreme amounts of rain falls in a short period of time.
Officials announced helicopters had been sent to scour remote areas for survivors as forecasters predicted more heavy rainfall will hit.
Authorities in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand announced five people had been swept away by the Nalkari river on Saturday.
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District official Madhvi Mishra said four bodies had been recovered from the swollen river so far, Reuters reported.
Nearly 800,000 people have been affected by the biblical floods in the eastern state of Odisha, with thousands losing their homes.
Indians are also grappling with power outages while navigating roads that have been wrecked by the downpour.
Latest reports suggest at least six were killed in the horror floods, while 120,000 were evacuated from the affected areas.
Locals have also been struggling to ration water supplies, seeing relief provisions being brought in by boat.
Ranjit Kumar Sinha, an official in Uttarakhand’s disaster management department, said: “We have deployed choppers to rescue people who are stuck in remote areas due to rain-related incidents.
At least 40 people have been killed in the flash floods so far[/caption]
The explosive weather has damaged roads while washing out hundreds of villages[/caption]
“The rescue operation is in full swing.”
Heartbreaking images show people surveying the damage to their homes and picking up remnants of their lives from the rubble.
Other snaps show the damage to the infrastructure in Northern India, including a flooded bridge and roads that were torn apart by the intense rainfall.
Forceful winds have even uprooted trees and electricity poles, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.
The Indian Meteorological Department predicted that heavy to very heavy rain would continue to fall in the region for the next two days.
At least 20 people were killed in a single day by an apocalyptic lightning storm in India just last month,
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Authorities urged locals to stay inside after the horror deaths in the state of Bihar rocked the country on July 26.
Hundreds of people die every year in lightning strikes during monsoon season in India.
Shocking images show the horrific damage to infrastructure in Northern India[/caption]
Thousands of families have been displaced after their homes were swept away[/caption]
Relief supplies are being brought into the region by boat[/caption]