23-01-2026 08:26 via constructionenquirer.com

MPs call for fraud probe in solid wall insulation scandal

MPs have called for the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the ECO insulation programme after warning suspected fraud is likely far higher than regulators have so far uncovered.
In a blistering report, the Public Accounts Committee said the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero designed ECO4 and the Great British Insulation Scheme with no single organisation responsible for preventing or detecting fraud.
This created gaps in data, accountability and oversight that allowed abuse to flour
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