The UK Green ΢Ȧ Council has welcomed the Conservative party’s proposals to give every householder £6500 to spend on installing energy efficiency measures

The policy green paper, called Just Do It, said the cost of the improvements would be recovered through a levy on the property’s energy bills over 25 years.

The Tories said householders’ monthly outgoings would not rise significantly because of the savings they would make on energy costs as a result of the energy efficiency measures, such as loft insulation.

Paul King, chief executive of the UK Green ΢Ȧ Council, applauded the announcement, saying that householders had been “crying out for a simple scheme that makes it easy and affordable to reduce their energy bills”.

John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace, said: “The Tories seem to be taking a leaf out of Obama’s book and looking to stimulate the economy by boosting the green industries of the future.”