Britain’s fraud squad has been urged to probe a ‘catastrophic’ £4.6billion Net Zero scheme which is feared to have left thousands of homes unsafe.

In a scathing report, MPs have criticised the Government’s botched insulation scheme that left more than 30,000 properties with defects.

The Commons public accounts committee (PAC) has branded the home retrofit scheme the ‘most catastrophic fiasco’ and found that fraud probably played a major role.

Read more: Fraud squad told to investigate ‘catastrophic’ £4.6billion Net Zero insulation scheme amid fears thousands of homes have been left unsafe