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The other day I had a conversation with an expat colleague about the UK building "standards". Most of what we consider in Europe as table stakes is unfortunately unheard of in the UK.

Building insulation for one was a shocking factor. It's 2022 and stuff that was considered "normal" in Europe 10 years ago is still a problem in a lot of UK buildings. Worse, it doesn't even require rebuilding - you can improve the situation incrementally, so it should be a no-brainer for a government to subsidize, yet they aren't doing so.

I've lived in social housing in France that was much better insulated (it would be considered "good" even by today's standards) than places here that rent privately for 2k+/month.