West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has welcomed news that county social housing will be going greener through a £62 million Government initiative.

Wychavon District Council has successfully bid for funding to improve more than 230 homes with energy efficient heating systems to help reduce their carbon footprint.

The fund, allocated by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, will allow 2,400 homes to be improved, supporting over 1,300 jobs as well as helping families reduce their energy bills.

Harriett said: “We are already rolling out a series of programmes to move our country towards the net-zero target and I want to congratulate Wychavon District Council for this successful bid.

“This fund has the double win of helping make social housing more efficient but also meaning that local people will get to pay less for heating their homes.

“I’ve been keen to see the widening of schemes which help people improve the energy efficiency of their homes and I hope that this will pave the way to many more homes getting this sort of upgrade.”