The money includes £1bn towards the decarbonisation of schools and hospitals - many of which are squandering heat.
Mr Baker said:"You've got a lot of students doing climate change protests and here you've got an opportunity for students to get involved in the process and not just raise awareness.
"The students are amazing. We've done it over eight years as an educational project. We're now trying to teach other schools how to do it." It is these kinds of improvements which the government will need to support if leaky public buildings aren't going to hinder Britain's net zero goal. Luke Murphy, of the Institute for Public Policy Research, said:"We know that buildings make up a significant contribution to our carbon emissions and therefore the investment announced in terms of a public buildings decarbonisation programme - but also the money they've announced for social housing - is really welcome.
"The key will be if this is a down payment on a wider long-term programme over the next 10 years or whether this is a one-off stimulus.
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