The first phase of a multi-million-pound plan to install insulation and double glazing in thousands of council houses in the UK was unveiled recently, in a programme using windfall money from the sale…
The first phase of a multi-million-pound plan to install insulation and double glazing in thousands of council houses in the UK was unveiled recently, in a programme using windfall money from the sale of a city“s telephone company. Hull Council says that if the proposals are approved, they will boost job prospects in the city through a new training initiative linked to the scheme. The proposals are to be considered and, if approved, the first houses to be improved will be 2,000 post-Second World War brick-built homes in the Boothferry, Greatfield, Bricknell Avenue, Bilton Grange, central, Longhill and Derringham Bank areas. Altogether, it has been estimated that about 20,000 homes across Hull need replacement windows at a cost of around UK 42 million and other areas likely to be tackled as a priority include Bransholme, Orchard Park and central Hull. The council says it could use money from the UK 255 million made from the flotation of the Kingston Communications telephone company to pay for the work. But Opposition councillor Chris Jarvis said it was worrying that decisions about the windfall money were in the “exclusive preserve” of the council“s ruling Labour group. “This money belongs to the city as a whole and shouldn“t be used for electioneering purposes,” said Jarvis.