LABOUR will make the largest upgrade of housing since the post-war rebuilding of Britain by installing energy saving measures in almost all of the nation’s 27 million homes, the party revealed on Sunday.

By 2030, Labour will create 450,000 jobs by installing energy saving measures such as loft installation and double glazing as well as renewable and low carbon technology through its Warm Homes for All plan.

This will cut carbon emissions by 10 per cent, prevent deaths, decrease the energy bills of 9.6 million low-income households by £417 per year and eradicate the majority of fuel poverty by the mid-2020s.

Upgrades to low-income households will be grant-funded, Labour said, and wealthier households will be offered interest-free loans to improve their homes.

Around 10,000 winter deaths last year were caused by ill health linked to cold homes, according to National Energy Action.

Households in Scotland will likely gain more fuel bill savings than the rest of Britain each year due to colder winters in the country.

Labour’s shadow energy secretary Rebecca Long Bailey said: “Warm Homes for All is one of the greatest investment projects since we rebuilt Britain’s housing after the second world war.

“Labour will offer every household in the UK the chance to bring the future into their homes — upgrading the fabric of their homes with insulation and cutting edge heating systems — tackling both climate change and extortionate bills.

“This project will also create hundreds of thousands of good unionised construction jobs, bringing good work back to areas of the UK the Tories abandoned long ago.”

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: “If we don’t radically change the course we face the threat of a hostile and dying planet. But Labour will turn that threat into an opportunity.

“We will tackle the climate crisis by putting wealth in the hands of the many not the few, with lower bills, more good jobs and better health.

“By investing on a massive scale, we will usher in a Green Industrial Revolution with good, clean jobs that will transform towns, cities and communities that have been held back and neglected for decades.”

Mr Corbyn said the “choice is clear” at the upcoming election, adding: “We can either take action to protect future generations, or allow the Tories to help fuel our planet’s destruction.”

A government spokesman criticised the plans, claiming it would “wreck the economy,” increase bills and prevent progress on climate change.