A major part of the government's flagship energy saving programme has been put on hold by British Gas. The company has told Radio 4's You and Yours that it has temporarily stopped taking applications for free boilers. British Gas says it has met one of the government's "Energy Company Obligations" (ECO) a year early. At present firms must help customers on low incomes and in "hard to heat" homes with measures such as insulation, new boilers and double glazing. It has been funded by a levy on bills, and has been used to justify price rises. All of the major energy companies have to reach three separate ECO targets by March 2015.....Read more here