The National Landlords’ Association (NLA) has welcomed the Government’s “Green Deal”, details of which were announced by the Department for Energy and Climate Change yesterday.

On the heels of their announcement in November last year, firmus energy has completed its period of testing of the new switching system in greater Belfast and can now make cheaper natural gas prices available to all homes with a credit meter.

The number of long-term empty private homes in England has fallen for the first time in three years, according to the latest annual Empty Homes survey from Halifax.