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Thermal image of two people standing outside a building. The study found that in many European countries, including the UK, predicted energy usage in homes bears little resemblance to the amount used in practice.

The prebound effect

03 Jul 2012

Many homes with poor energy efficiency are actually consuming far less energy than predicted, new research has found. The study has implications for...

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Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire. A new report argues that changes to the ways in which housing benefits are administered are likely to force large numbers of people who rent from the council or housing associations in rural areas out of their communities

Benefit changes raise pressure on country life

14 May 2012

Significant numbers of social tenants in rural areas may have to move away from their friends and communities because of changes to housing benefit...

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London Terraced Houses

Bleak housing

15 Sep 2010

Britain faces a future of more volatility in the housing market and worsening housing affordability if drastic measures are not taken, senior...

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