UK's £3 billion green home scheme not value for money – watchdog

A British government scheme costing energy firms 3 billion pounds to help people save money on their bills and cut greenhouse gas emissions has not provided value for money, a parliamentary watchdog said. The report, by the National Audit Office (NAO), said "neither we nor the Department (of Energy and Climate Change) can determine the impact of the schemes on fuel poverty", while the average cost of cutting just one tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) was around 94 pounds, almost three times the cost