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MPs and builders want tax cut included in government strategy to cut emissions from home heating Ministers are resisting calls to reduce VAT on green home improvements, despite pleas from MPs and builders , as they prepare to set out a national strategy for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from home heating. Heating Britains homes accounts for about 14% of the UKs greenhouse gas emissions, and that number has barely budged in the past decade. This year, ministers scrapped the green homes grant , a scheme to subsidise insulation and low-carbon heating systems, after only six months. This left the UK with no plan to bring homes into line with the governments commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Continue reading... ...

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With so many Australians still disrupted by the pandemic, home improvement projects can restore a sense of control I have grown tired of my one-bedroom apartment. It started last year, when we were first plunged into lockdown. As it turns out, a bedroom, bathroom and living area is a very small space to share with a partner 24/7. The build-up to claustrophobia was gradual - at first, spending chunks of time at home surrounded by my things felt novel, comforting even. Then the familiar became overly familiar. So we bought new cushions, swapped our coffee table and organised the linen closet. Those stopgaps worked. Related: Intimate, emotional and midweek: how Covid redefined weddings - possibly for good Related: In the early days of Covid-19, we stopped consuming and rather loved it. But it didnt stick | Sarah Wilson Continue reading... ...

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As I stumble around in glasses, a new book reminds me that a dose of daylight can work wonders on your eyesight For weeks, Ive been struggling to get hold of new contact lenses. Whether because of Brexit, the pandemic or some other unknown factor, my prescription is always unavailable. This has never happened before and Ive worn soft lenses since I was 18, when I begged my mother to buy them for me before I went to university, the better that I might espy all the boys I hoped to get off with at a distance. These days, I dont mind how I look in my Coke bottles as much as I once did. But even so, I cant say that Im happy. My sunglasses are a no-go, ditto my reading glasses. Worst of all, behind my spectacles swotty thickness, I feel (ironically) slow-witted and lumbering, as if Im moving around in thick fog. Continue reading... ...

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This new chapter seems to mostly involve arguing about what to buy. Whats wrong with trial and error When my boyfriend and I moved into our own flat, we were congratulated on our new chapter. I didnt get it: wed already been living together for several years in a shared place, so the move seemed more like a minor upgrade. It turns out that everyone was being vague about what this chapter actually is. Which is understandable: Congratulations on opening your new chapter of arguing about what mundane crap you need to buy is far too long for a card. Rug underlay, a jigsaw, a storage thing to put another thing in - products with dozens of versions available and thus requiring research to make the right choice. I had no idea starting a new chapter with my great love would feel quite so much like a public-sector organisation tendering for a water cooler. Related: Staying up late, that ...

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Change to working practices during Covid pandemic has led to booming sales of high-end sheds Work is where your laptop is: meet the globetrotting digital nomads Cropping up at the bottom of gardens up and down the UK is the latest trend among the countrys home workers - the shoffice, an office in a shed. After more than a year working from kitchen tables, sofas or spare bedrooms, many Britons are looking to carve out a quiet workspace in the loft or in their garden. Continue reading... ...

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Pandemic supercharges Kingfishers digital business, attracting 10m new online customers over past year Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Kingfisher, the owner of B&Q and Screwfix, has reported a surge in sales and profits for 2020 as a locked-down nation turned to home improvements. Thierry Garnier, the chief executive of Kingfisher, said the company had seen extraordinary demand in the past year as people adapted and updated their homes and gardens to cope with new demands prompted by restrictions on travel, socialising, schools and leisure. Related: B&Q aims to tempt Instagram generation after UK falls back in love with DIY Continue reading... ...

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Some households could be wasting �330 a year because of poor heating and insulation With storms and snow sweeping much of the country this week, many peoples thoughts will have turned to how to make their home warmer and more energy efficient. According to research from Nationwide building society, shared with Guardian Money, some households could be wasting as much as �27.50 a month, or �330 a year, because of inefficient heating and poor insulation. Nationwides data said homeowners in Llandrindod Wells would save the most by making the suggested improvements Continue reading... ...

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