{"id":170176,"date":"2026-01-23T07:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mps-ask-serious-fraud-office-to-investigate-uk-home-insulation-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:14:56","slug":"mps-ask-serious-fraud-office-to-investigate-uk-home-insulation-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mps-ask-serious-fraud-office-to-investigate-uk-home-insulation-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs ask Serious Fraud Office to investigate UK home insulation sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMore than 30,000 households left with defects after \u2018catastrophic failure\u2019 of Tory government schemesMembers of parliament have called for the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the UK\u2019s home insulation sector, after thousands of householders suffered ruined homes, big financial losses and months of disruption from the \u201cclear and catastrophic failure\u201d of two Conservative government schemes.More than 30,000 households were left with defects, some of them severe, including mould, water ingress and damage to the fabric of walls, with about 3,000 dwellings so badly damaged they presented immediate health and safety risks to occupants. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2026\/jan\/23\/mps-ask-sfo-investigate-uk-home-insulation-sector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MPs ask Serious Fraud Office to investigate UK home insulation sector<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; More than 30,000 households left with defects after \u2018catastrophic failure\u2019 of Tory government schemesMembers of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-IgM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90542,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mps-demand-answers-over-catastrophic-visa-card-payment-problem\/","url_meta":{"origin":170176,"position":0},"title":"MPs demand answers over &#039;catastrophic&#039; Visa card payment problem","date":"June 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Committee wants to discuss compensation and what firm is doing to prevent a repeatA cross-party group of MPs is demanding answers from Visa after a system crash on Friday left millions of people unable to pay for goods and services in the UK and across Europe.Nicky Morgan, the chairwoman\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":87703,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/whirlpool-should-be-made-to-recall-tumble-dryers-say-mps\/","url_meta":{"origin":170176,"position":1},"title":"Whirlpool should be made to recall tumble dryers, say MPs","date":"May 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Committee accuses firm of not taking responsibility for defects that have caused household firesWhirlpool should be ordered to recall millions of tumble dryers as they pose a serious risk of bursting into flames, a group of MPs has told the government. 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