Fewer than 0.04% of Scottish households join SNP’s green homes initiative

ONLY 841 of Scotland’s 2.37 million households have taken advantage of a flagship Scottish Government policy introduced to make homes greener as part of world-leading climate change legislation.

Three years ago ministers introduced a scheme that offered council tax discounts to home-owners who were prepared to make their properties more environmentally friendly by getting their lofts and walls insulated.

The initiative was a key part of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, which has been hailed as the most ambitious attempt to cut greenhouse emissions anywhere in the world.