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The Glass & Glazing Federation (GGF) continues to attract signatories to its Downing Street petition to introduce a window scrappage scheme to the double glazing industry.

The list of people supporting the proposition now tops 3500.

The GGF petitioned the Government to introduce a scrappage scheme, whereby householders would be encouraged to scrap their old poorly insulated windows in return for a £1000 grant towards the installation of new, professionally installed, energy efficient ones.

Christmas decorations blight the festive housing market, putting off house hunters throughout the UK. According to the first regulated property portal, PropertyLive.co.uk, curb appeal can depreciate through over the top use of tinsel and flashing lights.

People getting into the Christmas spirit this month are unwittingly risking a sale if they fail to be conservative about how they decorate their home. PropertyLive experts have warned that the traditionally quiet Christmas property market could be further hit by lavish and often inappropriate decorations.

An additional 15,000 vulnerable people’s homes are to be secured against burglary – bringing the number of households helped through a £6.5million scheme to 60,000.

In April, the Home Office set up the Safer Homes Fund to pay for local handy-men to visit up to 45,000 of the most at need homes, including single parent families and older people, to help them avoid becoming victims of burglary.